How To Install libfuzzy-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuzzy-dev on Debian 9. libfuzzy-dev is recursive piecewise hashing tool (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuzzy-dev on Debian 9.

What is libfuzzy-dev

libfuzzy-dev is:

ssdeep is a tool for recursive computing and matching of Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing (aka Fuzzy Hashing).

Fuzzy hashing is a method for comparing similar but not identical files. This tool can be used to compare files like regular hashing does (like md5sum or sha1sum) but it will find similar files with little differences.

For example, it can be used to identify modified versions of known files even if data has been inserted, modified, or deleted in the new files.

This package contains the developments files.

There are three methods to install libfuzzy-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libfuzzy-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfuzzy-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfuzzy-dev

Install libfuzzy-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfuzzy-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfuzzy-dev

Install libfuzzy-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libfuzzy-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfuzzy-dev

How To Uninstall libfuzzy-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libfuzzy-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfuzzy-dev

Uninstall libfuzzy-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfuzzy-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfuzzy-dev

Remove libfuzzy-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libfuzzy-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfuzzy-dev

Remove libfuzzy-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfuzzy-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfuzzy-dev

Dependencies

libfuzzy-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuzzy-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.