How To Install liblcm-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcm-dev on Debian 9. liblcm-dev is Lightweight Communications and Marshalling

Introduction

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

What is liblcm-dev

liblcm-dev is:

LCM is a set of libraries and tools for message passing and data marshalling, targeted at real-time systems where high-bandwidth and low latency are critical. It provides a publish/subscribe message passing model and automatic marshalling/unmarshalling code generation with bindings for applications in a variety of programming languages.

This package provides the runtime libraries.

There are three methods to install liblcm-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 liblcm-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 liblcm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblcm-dev

Install liblcm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblcm-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblcm-dev

How To Uninstall liblcm-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liblcm-dev

Uninstall liblcm-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblcm-dev

Remove liblcm-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblcm-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblcm-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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