How To Install libsmi2-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2-common on Debian 9.
What is libsmi2-common
libsmi2-common is:
This is just a transitional package to suggest snmp-mibs-downloader which should download needed MIB. You can delete it if you already have snmp-mibs-downloader.
There are three methods to install libsmi2-common 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 libsmi2-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsmi2-common
Install libsmi2-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsmi2-common
Install libsmi2-common 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 libsmi2-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsmi2-common
How To Uninstall libsmi2-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsmi2-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsmi2-common
Uninstall libsmi2-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsmi2-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmi2-common
Remove libsmi2-common Configurations and Data
To remove libsmi2-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsmi2-common
Remove libsmi2-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsmi2-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmi2-common
Dependencies
libsmi2-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
