How To Install libavahi-core-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavahi-core-dev
on Debian 9.
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 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.