How To Install libenet7 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libenet7 on Debian 9.
What is libenet7
libenet7 is:
ENet’s purpose is to provide a relatively thin, simple and robust network communication layer on top of UDP (User Datagram Protocol). The primary feature it provides is optional reliable, in-order delivery of packets.
ENet is NOT intended to be a general purpose high level networking library that handles authentication, lobbying, server discovery, compression, encryption and other high level, often application level or dependent tasks.
There are three methods to install libenet7 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 libenet7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libenet7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libenet7
Install libenet7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libenet7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libenet7
Install libenet7 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 libenet7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libenet7
How To Uninstall libenet7 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libenet7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libenet7
Uninstall libenet7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libenet7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libenet7
Remove libenet7 Configurations and Data
To remove libenet7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libenet7
Remove libenet7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libenet7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libenet7
Dependencies
libenet7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libenet7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.