How To Install gnunet-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install gnunet-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gnunet-dev is GNUs framework for secure peer-to-peer networking (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnunet-dev on Debian 12.

What is gnunet-dev

gnunet-dev is:

Package to ease upgrading from older gnunet-dev package to the new libgnunet-dev package.

This package can be purged at anytime once the libgnunet-dev package has been installed.

There are three methods to install gnunet-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnunet-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 gnunet-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnunet-dev

Install gnunet-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnunet-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnunet-dev

How To Uninstall gnunet-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove gnunet-dev

Uninstall gnunet-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnunet-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnunet-dev

Remove gnunet-dev Configurations and Data

To remove gnunet-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnunet-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnunet-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnunet-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.