How To Install libgnokii-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgnokii-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgnokii-dev is Gnokii mobile phone interface library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libgnokii-dev

libgnokii-dev is:

Gnokii is a suite of programs that allows communication with mobile phones. It currently supports many Nokia mobile phones, all AT capable ones as well as many Symbian based. For a list of compatible phones, please visit: http://wiki.gnokii.org

This package provides the devel headers used by applications that wish to link against libgnokii.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgnokii-dev

Install libgnokii-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgnokii-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgnokii-dev

How To Uninstall libgnokii-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libgnokii-dev

Uninstall libgnokii-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnokii-dev

Remove libgnokii-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnokii-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgnokii-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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