How To Install libofetion-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofetion-dev on Debian 9. libofetion-dev is open source implementation of Fetion protocol library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libofetion-dev

libofetion-dev is:

Fetion is an IM provided by China Mobile, with features like, text chat, voice call, file sharing, etc. Openfetion is an open source client implementation of the protocol.

It only supports core features including Internet SMS service, and partial support of group chat.

This package provides the library development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libofetion-dev

Install libofetion-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libofetion-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libofetion-dev

How To Uninstall libofetion-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libofetion-dev

Uninstall libofetion-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libofetion-dev

Remove libofetion-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libofetion-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libofetion-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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