How To Install libopenconnect-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libopenconnect-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libopenconnect-dev is open client for various network vendors SSL VPNs - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenconnect-dev on Debian 12.

What is libopenconnect-dev

libopenconnect-dev is:

OpenConnect is an SSL VPN client initially created to support Cisco’s AnyConnect SSL VPN. It has since been extended to support the Pulse Connect Secure VPN (formerly known as Juniper Network Connect or Junos Pulse), the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect SSL VPN, F5 Big-IP SSL VPN, Fortinet Fortigate SSL VPN and Array Networks AG SSL VPN.

This package provides the header and development files.

There are three methods to install libopenconnect-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libopenconnect-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 libopenconnect-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenconnect-dev

Install libopenconnect-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenconnect-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopenconnect-dev

How To Uninstall libopenconnect-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenconnect-dev

Uninstall libopenconnect-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenconnect-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenconnect-dev

Remove libopenconnect-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopenconnect-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenconnect-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopenconnect-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenconnect-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.