How To Install libanet3-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libanet3-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libanet3-dev is Ada networking library (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanet3-dev on Debian 10.

What is libanet3-dev

libanet3-dev is:

Anet is a networking library for the Ada programming language. The library provides a BSD socket implementation with a high level of abstraction and an extendable socket type hierarchy.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libanet3-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 libanet3-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 libanet3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libanet3-dev

Install libanet3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libanet3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libanet3-dev

Install libanet3-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 libanet3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libanet3-dev

How To Uninstall libanet3-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libanet3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libanet3-dev

Uninstall libanet3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libanet3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libanet3-dev

Remove libanet3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libanet3-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libanet3-dev

Remove libanet3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libanet3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libanet3-dev

Dependencies

libanet3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanet3-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.