How To Install fosfat-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install fosfat-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fosfat-dev is FUSE library to access Smaky formatted disk, development files

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.