How To Install libmpdclient-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdclient-dev on Debian 12.
What is libmpdclient-dev
libmpdclient-dev is:
libmpdclient provides an API for interfacing the Music Player Daemon (MPD). It offers a low-level asynchronous API which knowns the MPD protocol syntax as well as a higher level synchronous API implementing the MPD commands and parsing all responses.
This package contains the header files.
There are three methods to install libmpdclient-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 libmpdclient-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 libmpdclient-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmpdclient-dev
Install libmpdclient-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmpdclient-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmpdclient-dev
Install libmpdclient-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 libmpdclient-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmpdclient-dev
How To Uninstall libmpdclient-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmpdclient-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmpdclient-dev
Uninstall libmpdclient-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmpdclient-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpdclient-dev
Remove libmpdclient-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmpdclient-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmpdclient-dev
Remove libmpdclient-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmpdclient-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpdclient-dev
Dependencies
libmpdclient-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdclient-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.