How To Install libdivecomputer0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdivecomputer0 on Debian 9. libdivecomputer0 is dive computer interface library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdivecomputer0 on Debian 9.

What is libdivecomputer0

libdivecomputer0 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libdivecomputer0 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 libdivecomputer0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdivecomputer0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdivecomputer0

Install libdivecomputer0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdivecomputer0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdivecomputer0

Install libdivecomputer0 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 libdivecomputer0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdivecomputer0

How To Uninstall libdivecomputer0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libdivecomputer0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdivecomputer0

Uninstall libdivecomputer0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdivecomputer0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdivecomputer0

Remove libdivecomputer0 Configurations and Data

To remove libdivecomputer0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdivecomputer0

Remove libdivecomputer0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdivecomputer0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdivecomputer0

Dependencies

libdivecomputer0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdivecomputer0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.