How To Install libsocketcan-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocketcan-dev on Debian 9. libsocketcan-dev is library to control some basic functions in SocketCAN from userspace

Introduction

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

What is libsocketcan-dev

libsocketcan-dev is:

. This package provides development files for libsocketcan.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsocketcan-dev

Install libsocketcan-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsocketcan-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsocketcan-dev

How To Uninstall libsocketcan-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libsocketcan-dev

Uninstall libsocketcan-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsocketcan-dev

Remove libsocketcan-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsocketcan-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsocketcan-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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