How To Install libatasmart-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libatasmart-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libatasmart-dev is ATA S.M.A.R.T. reading and parsing library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libatasmart-dev

libatasmart-dev is:

A small and lightweight parser library for ATA S.M.A.R.T. hard disk health monitoring.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libatasmart-dev

Install libatasmart-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libatasmart-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libatasmart-dev

How To Uninstall libatasmart-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libatasmart-dev

Uninstall libatasmart-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libatasmart-dev

Remove libatasmart-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libatasmart-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libatasmart-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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