How To Install libbiometric-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbiometric-dev on Debian 10.
What is libbiometric-dev
libbiometric-dev is:
It provides the development file for driver development based on biometric identification authentication framework.
This package contains the development files (headers, static libraries)
There are three methods to install libbiometric-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 libbiometric-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 libbiometric-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbiometric-dev
Install libbiometric-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbiometric-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbiometric-dev
Install libbiometric-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 libbiometric-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbiometric-dev
How To Uninstall libbiometric-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libbiometric-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbiometric-dev
Uninstall libbiometric-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbiometric-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbiometric-dev
Remove libbiometric-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbiometric-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbiometric-dev
Remove libbiometric-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbiometric-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbiometric-dev
Dependencies
libbiometric-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbiometric-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.