How To Install libxen-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libxen-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libxen-dev is Public headers and libs for Xen

Introduction

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

What is libxen-dev

libxen-dev is:

This package contains the public headers and static libraries for Xen.

The libxenlight library is intended as a common base for all Xen toolstack developers. The libxlutil library contains additional helpers which may be useful to toolstack developers.

The libxenstore library allows userspace processes to interact with the XenStore database. Command line tools for accessing xenstore are provided is via the xenstore-utils package.

Most of the other included libraries are internal, and intended for use by the Xen toolstack, rather than directly.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxen-dev

Install libxen-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxen-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxen-dev

How To Uninstall libxen-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libxen-dev

Uninstall libxen-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxen-dev

Remove libxen-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxen-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxen-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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