How To Install netcf on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netcf on Debian 9.
What is netcf
netcf is:
Netcf is a library used to modify the network configuration of a system. Network configurations are expressed in a platform-independent XML format, which netcf translates into changes to the system’s ’native’ network configuration files.
This package contains the supporting binaries to use with netcf.
There are three methods to install netcf 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 netcf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netcf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netcf
Install netcf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netcf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netcf
Install netcf 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 netcf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netcf
How To Uninstall netcf on Debian 9
To uninstall only the netcf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netcf
Uninstall netcf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netcf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netcf
Remove netcf Configurations and Data
To remove netcf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netcf
Remove netcf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netcf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netcf
Dependencies
netcf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netcf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
