How To Install libisns-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libisns-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libisns-dev is Internet Storage Name Service - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisns-dev on Debian 12.

What is libisns-dev

libisns-dev is:

Open-iSNS is an implementation of the Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS), according to RFC 4171, which facilitates automated discovery, management, and configuration of iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices on a TCP/IP network.

This package provides the development libraries and header files for the libisns library.

There are three methods to install libisns-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libisns-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 libisns-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libisns-dev

Install libisns-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libisns-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libisns-dev

How To Uninstall libisns-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libisns-dev

Uninstall libisns-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libisns-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisns-dev

Remove libisns-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libisns-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libisns-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libisns-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisns-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.