How To Install libgnunet-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgnunet-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgnunet-dev is GNUs framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnunet-dev on Debian 12.

What is libgnunet-dev

libgnunet-dev is:

GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. Its high-level goal is to provide a strong free software foundation for a global network that provides security and in particular respects privacy.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libgnunet-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgnunet-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 libgnunet-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnunet-dev

Install libgnunet-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgnunet-dev

Install libgnunet-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 libgnunet-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnunet-dev

How To Uninstall libgnunet-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libgnunet-dev

Uninstall libgnunet-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnunet-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnunet-dev

Remove libgnunet-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgnunet-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnunet-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgnunet-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnunet-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.