How To Install libdivecomputer-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdivecomputer-dev on Debian 9. libdivecomputer-dev is dive computer interface library - development files

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.