How To Install libguestfs-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-dev on Debian 11. libguestfs-dev is guest disk image management system - development headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-dev on Debian 11.

What is libguestfs-dev

libguestfs-dev is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains the development headers.

There are three methods to install libguestfs-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-dev

Install libguestfs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-dev

How To Uninstall libguestfs-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-dev

Uninstall libguestfs-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libguestfs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-dev

Remove libguestfs-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libguestfs-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libguestfs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.