How To Install libcoap3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap3 on Debian 12.
What is libcoap3
libcoap3 is:
Lightweight application-protocol for devices that are constrained their resources such as computing power, RF range, memory, bandwidth, or network packet sizes. This protocol, CoAP, is developed in the IETF working group “CoRE”, http://6lowapp.net and was standardized in RFC 7252.
The libcoap library v3 has DTLS functionality included based on TLS functions provided by GnuTLS or OpenSSL with enhanced behavior to the previous API version.
This package contains the various libcoap libraries based on API v3 with and without DTLS functionality.
There are three methods to install libcoap3 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 libcoap3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcoap3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcoap3
Install libcoap3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcoap3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcoap3
Install libcoap3 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 libcoap3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcoap3
How To Uninstall libcoap3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcoap3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcoap3
Uninstall libcoap3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcoap3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcoap3
Remove libcoap3 Configurations and Data
To remove libcoap3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcoap3
Remove libcoap3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcoap3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcoap3
Dependencies
libcoap3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
