How To Install libfreediameter-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfreediameter-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfreediameter-dev is Library for the Diameter protocol (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libfreediameter-dev

libfreediameter-dev is:

Diameter is a protocol designed to carry Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) payload. It is an evolution of the RADIUS protocol (as the name suggests).

freeDiameter is an implementation of the Diameter protocol.

This shared library contains the development files for libfdcoreX and libfdprotoX

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfreediameter-dev

Install libfreediameter-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfreediameter-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfreediameter-dev

How To Uninstall libfreediameter-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libfreediameter-dev

Uninstall libfreediameter-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreediameter-dev

Remove libfreediameter-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreediameter-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfreediameter-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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