How To Install libosmo-netif-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-netif-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libosmo-netif-dbg
libosmo-netif-dbg is:
The libosmo-netif library is one of the libraries needed by the OpenBSC GSM infrastructure software. This library in particular implements the shared code for network interfaces.
This package contains the debug symbols for the library.
There are three methods to install libosmo-netif-dbg 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 libosmo-netif-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-netif-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosmo-netif-dbg
Install libosmo-netif-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-netif-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosmo-netif-dbg
Install libosmo-netif-dbg 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 libosmo-netif-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosmo-netif-dbg
How To Uninstall libosmo-netif-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libosmo-netif-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosmo-netif-dbg
Uninstall libosmo-netif-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosmo-netif-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmo-netif-dbg
Remove libosmo-netif-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libosmo-netif-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosmo-netif-dbg
Remove libosmo-netif-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosmo-netif-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmo-netif-dbg
Dependencies
libosmo-netif-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-netif-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
