How To Install libosmocore11 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libosmocore11 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libosmocore11 is Osmo Core library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmocore11 on Debian 10.

What is libosmocore11

libosmocore11 is:

This is part of the libosmocore “meta”-library. The libosmocore library contains various utility functions that were originally developed as part of the OpenBSC project, but which are of a more generic nature and thus useful to (at least) other programs that are developed in the sphere of Free Software / Open Source mobile communication.

The libosmocore11 library in particular is a collection of common code used in various sub-projects inside the Osmocom family of projects.

There are three methods to install libosmocore11 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libosmocore11 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmocore11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmocore11

Install libosmocore11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmocore11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmocore11

Install libosmocore11 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 libosmocore11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmocore11

How To Uninstall libosmocore11 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libosmocore11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmocore11

Uninstall libosmocore11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmocore11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmocore11

Remove libosmocore11 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmocore11 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmocore11

Remove libosmocore11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmocore11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmocore11

Dependencies

libosmocore11 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmocore11 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.