How To Install libdivecomputer-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdivecomputer-dev on Debian 9.
What is libdivecomputer-dev
libdivecomputer-dev is:
libdivecomputer is an interface library for common dive computers
The libdivecomputer library allows interfacing with several common dive computers from multiple manufacturers (Suunto, Mares, Uwatec, etc).
This package holds the development files.
There are three methods to install libdivecomputer-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 libdivecomputer-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 libdivecomputer-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdivecomputer-dev
Install libdivecomputer-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdivecomputer-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdivecomputer-dev
Install libdivecomputer-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 libdivecomputer-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdivecomputer-dev
How To Uninstall libdivecomputer-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libdivecomputer-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdivecomputer-dev
Uninstall libdivecomputer-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdivecomputer-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdivecomputer-dev
Remove libdivecomputer-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdivecomputer-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdivecomputer-dev
Remove libdivecomputer-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdivecomputer-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdivecomputer-dev
Dependencies
libdivecomputer-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdivecomputer-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.