How To Install libavahi-core-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-core-dev on Debian 10.
What is libavahi-core-dev
libavahi-core-dev is:
Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to.
This package contains the development files for Avahi’s embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD stack. This can be used by embedded application developers to integrate mDNS/DNS-SD functionality into their applications.
You should not however use this library for non-embedded applications, you shoudl use libavahi-client-dev which interacts with the avahi daemon.
There are three methods to install libavahi-core-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 libavahi-core-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 libavahi-core-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavahi-core-dev
Install libavahi-core-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavahi-core-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavahi-core-dev
Install libavahi-core-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 libavahi-core-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavahi-core-dev
How To Uninstall libavahi-core-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libavahi-core-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavahi-core-dev
Uninstall libavahi-core-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavahi-core-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavahi-core-dev
Remove libavahi-core-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libavahi-core-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavahi-core-dev
Remove libavahi-core-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavahi-core-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavahi-core-dev
Dependencies
libavahi-core-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-core-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.