How To Install libosmonetif8 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmonetif8 on Debian 11.
What is libosmonetif8
libosmonetif8 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.
There are three methods to install libosmonetif8 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libosmonetif8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmonetif8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosmonetif8
Install libosmonetif8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmonetif8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosmonetif8
Install libosmonetif8 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 libosmonetif8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosmonetif8
How To Uninstall libosmonetif8 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libosmonetif8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosmonetif8
Uninstall libosmonetif8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosmonetif8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmonetif8
Remove libosmonetif8 Configurations and Data
To remove libosmonetif8 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosmonetif8
Remove libosmonetif8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosmonetif8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmonetif8
Dependencies
libosmonetif8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmonetif8 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
