How To Install libupsclient-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libupsclient-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libupsclient-dev is network UPS tools - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libupsclient-dev on Debian 10.

What is libupsclient-dev

libupsclient-dev is:

Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware through the server, and are notified whenever the power status changes.

This package provides the development files.

There are three methods to install libupsclient-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libupsclient-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 libupsclient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libupsclient-dev

Install libupsclient-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libupsclient-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libupsclient-dev

How To Uninstall libupsclient-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libupsclient-dev

Uninstall libupsclient-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libupsclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libupsclient-dev

Remove libupsclient-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libupsclient-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libupsclient-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libupsclient-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libupsclient-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.