How To Install libgsecuredelete-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsecuredelete-dev
on Debian 10.
What is libgsecuredelete-dev
libgsecuredelete-dev is:
GSecureDelete is a GObject wrapper library for the secure-delete tools (srm, sfill, sswap and smem), aiming to ease use of these tool from programs by providing a simple but complete API to invoke them.
This package provides the necessary development libraries and include files to develop and compile programs that use GSecureDelete.
There are three methods to install libgsecuredelete-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 libgsecuredelete-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 libgsecuredelete-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgsecuredelete-dev
Install libgsecuredelete-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgsecuredelete-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgsecuredelete-dev
Install libgsecuredelete-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 libgsecuredelete-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgsecuredelete-dev
How To Uninstall libgsecuredelete-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libgsecuredelete-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgsecuredelete-dev
Uninstall libgsecuredelete-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgsecuredelete-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgsecuredelete-dev
Remove libgsecuredelete-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgsecuredelete-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgsecuredelete-dev
Remove libgsecuredelete-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgsecuredelete-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgsecuredelete-dev
Dependencies
libgsecuredelete-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsecuredelete-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.