How To Install lxc-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-dev on Debian 9.
What is lxc-dev
lxc-dev is:
Containers are insulated areas inside a system, which have their own namespace for filesystem, network, PID, IPC, CPU and memory allocation and which can be created using the Control Group and Namespace features included in the Linux kernel.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install lxc-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 lxc-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 lxc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxc-dev
Install lxc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxc-dev
Install lxc-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 lxc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxc-dev
How To Uninstall lxc-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lxc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxc-dev
Uninstall lxc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxc-dev
Remove lxc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove lxc-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxc-dev
Remove lxc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxc-dev
Dependencies
lxc-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
