How To Install libscamperfile0-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscamperfile0-dev on Debian 9. libscamperfile0-dev is development headers for scampers binary dump file access library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscamperfile0-dev on Debian 9.

What is libscamperfile0-dev

libscamperfile0-dev is:

scamper is a program that is able to conduct Internet measurement tasks to large numbers of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, in parallel, to fill a specified packets-per-second rate. Currently, it supports the well-known ping and traceroute techniques, as well as MDA traceroute, alias resolution, some parts of tbit, sting, and neighbour discovery.

This package contains development headers and other ancillary files for the libscamperfile library.

There are three methods to install libscamperfile0-dev 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 libscamperfile0-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 libscamperfile0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libscamperfile0-dev

Install libscamperfile0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libscamperfile0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libscamperfile0-dev

Install libscamperfile0-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 libscamperfile0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libscamperfile0-dev

How To Uninstall libscamperfile0-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libscamperfile0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libscamperfile0-dev

Uninstall libscamperfile0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libscamperfile0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscamperfile0-dev

Remove libscamperfile0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libscamperfile0-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libscamperfile0-dev

Remove libscamperfile0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libscamperfile0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscamperfile0-dev

Dependencies

libscamperfile0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscamperfile0-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.