How To Install libax25 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libax25 on Debian 9.
What is libax25
libax25 is:
This library is for ham radio applications that use the ax25 protocol. Included are routines to do ax25 address parsing, common ax25 application config file parsing, etc.
It is recommended to use this library with a recent 2.6 kernel.
There are three methods to install libax25 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 libax25 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libax25 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libax25
Install libax25 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libax25 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libax25
Install libax25 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 libax25 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libax25
How To Uninstall libax25 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libax25 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libax25
Uninstall libax25 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libax25 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libax25
Remove libax25 Configurations and Data
To remove libax25 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libax25
Remove libax25 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libax25 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libax25
Dependencies
libax25 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libax25 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.