How To Install libspdylay7 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdylay7 on Debian 9. libspdylay7 is implementation of SPDY protocol in C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdylay7 on Debian 9.

What is libspdylay7

libspdylay7 is:

This library provides SPDY version 2, 3 and 3.1 framing layer implementation. It does not perform any I/O operations. When the library needs them, it calls the callback functions provided by the application. It also does not include any event polling mechanism, so the application can freely choose the way of handling events

There are three methods to install libspdylay7 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 libspdylay7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspdylay7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspdylay7

Install libspdylay7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspdylay7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspdylay7

Install libspdylay7 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 libspdylay7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspdylay7

How To Uninstall libspdylay7 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libspdylay7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspdylay7

Uninstall libspdylay7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspdylay7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspdylay7

Remove libspdylay7 Configurations and Data

To remove libspdylay7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspdylay7

Remove libspdylay7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspdylay7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspdylay7

Dependencies

libspdylay7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdylay7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.