How To Install libnuclient-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnuclient-dev on Debian 9.
What is libnuclient-dev
libnuclient-dev is:
NuFW is an authenticating firewall based on netfilter’s NFQUEUE target. It allows one to write filtering rules based on user identity, in addition to classical network criteria. Unless other solutions, NuFW uses a strict security model and can apply different access rules to users connected on the same host, for example.
This library provides files needed to develop a NuFW client.
There are three methods to install libnuclient-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 libnuclient-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 libnuclient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnuclient-dev
Install libnuclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnuclient-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnuclient-dev
Install libnuclient-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 libnuclient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnuclient-dev
How To Uninstall libnuclient-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libnuclient-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnuclient-dev
Uninstall libnuclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnuclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnuclient-dev
Remove libnuclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnuclient-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnuclient-dev
Remove libnuclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnuclient-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnuclient-dev
Dependencies
libnuclient-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnuclient-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
