How To Install liblircclient-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblircclient-dev on Debian 9. liblircclient-dev is Transitional placeholder for obsoleted liblircclient-dev

Introduction

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

What is liblircclient-dev

liblircclient-dev is:

Virtual, empty package used in the process of incorporating liblircclient-dev in new package liblirc-dev.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblircclient-dev

Install liblircclient-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblircclient-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblircclient-dev

How To Uninstall liblircclient-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liblircclient-dev

Uninstall liblircclient-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblircclient-dev

Remove liblircclient-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblircclient-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblircclient-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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