How To Install fosfat-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fosfat-dev on Debian 10.
What is fosfat-dev
fosfat-dev is:
Fosfat is a C library for providing read-only access to a Smaky formatted disk. Currently, only a tool and a FUSE extension that use this library can be used for reading a directory and copying a file.
The Smaky is a line of mostly 8-bit personal computers and accompanying operating system developed at the EPFL (?cole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), in Switzerland, from 1974.
This package contains the development files for libfosfat0, libfosgra0 and the corresponding documentation.
There are three methods to install fosfat-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 fosfat-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 fosfat-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fosfat-dev
Install fosfat-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fosfat-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fosfat-dev
Install fosfat-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 fosfat-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fosfat-dev
How To Uninstall fosfat-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fosfat-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fosfat-dev
Uninstall fosfat-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fosfat-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fosfat-dev
Remove fosfat-dev Configurations and Data
To remove fosfat-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fosfat-dev
Remove fosfat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fosfat-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fosfat-dev
Dependencies
fosfat-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fosfat-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.