How To Install libcephfs-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcephfs-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcephfs-dev is Ceph distributed file system client library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs-dev on Debian 10.

What is libcephfs-dev

libcephfs-dev is:

Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This is a shared library allowing applications to access a Ceph distributed file system via a POSIX-like interface.

This package contains development files needed for building applications that link against libcephfs2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcephfs-dev

Install libcephfs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcephfs-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcephfs-dev

How To Uninstall libcephfs-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libcephfs-dev

Uninstall libcephfs-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcephfs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcephfs-dev

Remove libcephfs-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcephfs-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcephfs-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcephfs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.