How To Install libserialport-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libserialport-dev on Debian 9. libserialport-dev is Crossplatform serial port handling library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libserialport-dev

libserialport-dev is:

libserialport is a minimal, cross-platform shared library that is intended to take care of the OS-specific details when writing software that uses serial ports.

This package contains the header files and other development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libserialport-dev

Install libserialport-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libserialport-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libserialport-dev

How To Uninstall libserialport-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libserialport-dev

Uninstall libserialport-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libserialport-dev

Remove libserialport-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libserialport-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libserialport-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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