How To Install libosmpbf-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libosmpbf-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libosmpbf-dev is C headers for OpenStreetMap PBF file format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmpbf-dev on Debian 10.

What is libosmpbf-dev

libosmpbf-dev is:

Osmpbf is a Java/C library to read and write OpenStreetMap PBF files. PBF (Protocol buffer Binary Format) is a binary file format for OpenStreetMap data that uses Google Protocol Buffers as low-level storage.

This package provides the C headers to be used in third-party applications.

There are three methods to install libosmpbf-dev 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 libosmpbf-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libosmpbf-dev

Install libosmpbf-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libosmpbf-dev

Install libosmpbf-dev 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 libosmpbf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmpbf-dev

How To Uninstall libosmpbf-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libosmpbf-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmpbf-dev

Uninstall libosmpbf-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmpbf-dev

Remove libosmpbf-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libosmpbf-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmpbf-dev

Remove libosmpbf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmpbf-dev

Dependencies

libosmpbf-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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