How To Install libedf-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libedf-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libedf-dev is European Data Format library - devel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedf-dev on Debian 10.

What is libedf-dev

libedf-dev is:

EDFlib is a programming library for C/C++ to read/write EDF+/BDF+ files. (It also reads old-type EDF/BDF files.) EDF means European Data Format. BDF is the 24-bits version of EDF.

Headers and shared libraries for edflib.

There are three methods to install libedf-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libedf-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 libedf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libedf-dev

Install libedf-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libedf-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libedf-dev

How To Uninstall libedf-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libedf-dev

Uninstall libedf-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libedf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedf-dev

Remove libedf-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libedf-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libedf-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libedf-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedf-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.