How To Install libdfu1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libdfu1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libdfu1 is DFU (Device Firmware Update) library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfu1 on Debian 12.

What is libdfu1

libdfu1 is:

This package contains a library, that can be used to program DFU (Device Firmware Update) capable devices.

There are three methods to install libdfu1 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 libdfu1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdfu1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdfu1

Install libdfu1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdfu1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdfu1

Install libdfu1 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 libdfu1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdfu1

How To Uninstall libdfu1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libdfu1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdfu1

Uninstall libdfu1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdfu1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdfu1

Remove libdfu1 Configurations and Data

To remove libdfu1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdfu1

Remove libdfu1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdfu1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdfu1

Dependencies

libdfu1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdfu1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.