How To Install libusbhid-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbhid-common on Debian 9.
What is libusbhid-common
libusbhid-common is:
USB Human Interface Devices send and receive data layed out in a device dependent way. The usbhid library contains routines to extract the report descriptor which contains the data layout information and then use this information.
This package contains the common files which the library need.
There are three methods to install libusbhid-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 libusbhid-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 libusbhid-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libusbhid-common
Install libusbhid-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libusbhid-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libusbhid-common
Install libusbhid-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 libusbhid-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libusbhid-common
How To Uninstall libusbhid-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libusbhid-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libusbhid-common
Uninstall libusbhid-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libusbhid-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libusbhid-common
Remove libusbhid-common Configurations and Data
To remove libusbhid-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libusbhid-common
Remove libusbhid-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libusbhid-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libusbhid-common
Dependencies
libusbhid-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbhid-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
