How To Install libcephfs-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcephfs-dev on Debian 9.
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 libcephfs1.
There are three methods to install libcephfs-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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.