How To Install libosmovty3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmovty3 on Debian 9.
What is libosmovty3
libosmovty3 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 libosmovty library in particular implements the interactive command-line on the VTY (Virtual TTY) as well as configuration file parsing.
There are three methods to install libosmovty3 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 libosmovty3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmovty3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosmovty3
Install libosmovty3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmovty3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosmovty3
Install libosmovty3 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 libosmovty3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosmovty3
How To Uninstall libosmovty3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libosmovty3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosmovty3
Uninstall libosmovty3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosmovty3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmovty3
Remove libosmovty3 Configurations and Data
To remove libosmovty3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosmovty3
Remove libosmovty3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosmovty3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmovty3
Dependencies
libosmovty3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmovty3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
