How To Install liblfc-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblfc-dev on Debian 9. liblfc-dev is LFC development libraries and header files

Introduction

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

What is liblfc-dev

liblfc-dev is:

The LCG File Catalog (LFC) keeps track of the locations of the physical replicas of the logical files in a distributed storage system. This package contains the development libraries and header files for LFC.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblfc-dev

Install liblfc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblfc-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblfc-dev

How To Uninstall liblfc-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liblfc-dev

Uninstall liblfc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblfc-dev

Remove liblfc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblfc-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblfc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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