How To Install libedbus-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedbus-dev on Debian 9. libedbus-dev is D-Bus and HAL wrapper libraries for use with the EFL - Development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedbus-dev on Debian 9.

What is libedbus-dev

libedbus-dev is:

Wrappers around D-Bus to ease integrating D-Bus with EFL based applications.

This package contains headers and static libraries for libedbus, libehal and libenotify

There are three methods to install libedbus-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 libedbus-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 libedbus-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libedbus-dev

Install libedbus-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libedbus-dev

Install libedbus-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 libedbus-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libedbus-dev

How To Uninstall libedbus-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libedbus-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libedbus-dev

Uninstall libedbus-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedbus-dev

Remove libedbus-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libedbus-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libedbus-dev

Remove libedbus-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedbus-dev

Dependencies

libedbus-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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