How To Install libcloudflare-ddns-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libcloudflare-ddns-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libcloudflare-ddns-dev is dynamically update a DNS record using Cloudflare - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcloudflare-ddns-dev on Debian 12.

What is libcloudflare-ddns-dev

libcloudflare-ddns-dev is:

cloudflare-ddns is a oneshot program: you run it, it updates the DNS record, and it terminates. This uses Cloudflare’s API, so to run the tool you’ll need an API token and the Zone ID of the DNS zone that you want to update.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libcloudflare-ddns-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcloudflare-ddns-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 libcloudflare-ddns-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcloudflare-ddns-dev

Install libcloudflare-ddns-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcloudflare-ddns-dev

Install libcloudflare-ddns-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 libcloudflare-ddns-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcloudflare-ddns-dev

How To Uninstall libcloudflare-ddns-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libcloudflare-ddns-dev

Uninstall libcloudflare-ddns-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcloudflare-ddns-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcloudflare-ddns-dev

Remove libcloudflare-ddns-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcloudflare-ddns-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcloudflare-ddns-dev

Remove libcloudflare-ddns-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcloudflare-ddns-dev

Dependencies

libcloudflare-ddns-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcloudflare-ddns-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.