How To Install libsctp-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsctp-dev on Debian 9. libsctp-dev is user-space access to Linux kernel SCTP - development files

Introduction

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

What is libsctp-dev

libsctp-dev is:

SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a message oriented, reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages. RFC 2960 defines the core protocol.

This package is part of the LKSCTP project, providing all necessary files for developing SCTP aware network applications using the Linux kernel SCTP implementation: man pages, header files, static libraries, symlinks to dynamic libraries, and tutorial source code.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsctp-dev

Install libsctp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsctp-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsctp-dev

How To Uninstall libsctp-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libsctp-dev

Uninstall libsctp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsctp-dev

Remove libsctp-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsctp-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsctp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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