How To Install libgridsite-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgridsite-dev on Debian 9.
What is libgridsite-dev
libgridsite-dev is:
GridSite was originally a web application developed for managing and formatting the content of the http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/ website. Over the past years it has grown into a set of extensions to the Apache web server and a toolkit for Grid credentials, GACL access control lists and HTTP(S) protocol operations.
This package, libgridsite-dev, contains developer tools for using gridsite.
There are three methods to install libgridsite-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 libgridsite-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 libgridsite-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgridsite-dev
Install libgridsite-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgridsite-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgridsite-dev
Install libgridsite-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 libgridsite-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgridsite-dev
How To Uninstall libgridsite-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libgridsite-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgridsite-dev
Uninstall libgridsite-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgridsite-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgridsite-dev
Remove libgridsite-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgridsite-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgridsite-dev
Remove libgridsite-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgridsite-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgridsite-dev
Dependencies
libgridsite-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgridsite-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.