How To Install libosmovty4 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmovty4 on Debian 11.
What is libosmovty4
libosmovty4 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 libosmovty4 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 libosmovty4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmovty4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosmovty4
Install libosmovty4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmovty4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosmovty4
Install libosmovty4 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 libosmovty4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosmovty4
How To Uninstall libosmovty4 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libosmovty4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosmovty4
Uninstall libosmovty4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosmovty4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmovty4
Remove libosmovty4 Configurations and Data
To remove libosmovty4 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosmovty4
Remove libosmovty4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosmovty4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmovty4
Dependencies
libosmovty4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmovty4 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
