How To Install libmptcpd3-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmptcpd3-dev on Debian 12.
What is libmptcpd3-dev
libmptcpd3-dev is:
The Multipath TCP Daemon Library is a library to build plugins for the mptcpd, short for Multipath TCP Daemon. This library can be used to perform Multipath TCP path management related operations in the user space.
The daemon interacts with the Linux kernel through a generic Netlink connection to track per-connection information (e.g. available remote addresses), available network interfaces, request new MPTCP subflows, handle requests for subflows, etc. The plugin can react on events and requests path management related operations to create subflows, advertise addresses, etc.
This package provides the development files (ie. includes, static library) that allows one to build software or mptcpd plugins which uses libmptcpd3.
There are three methods to install libmptcpd3-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 libmptcpd3-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 libmptcpd3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmptcpd3-dev
Install libmptcpd3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmptcpd3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmptcpd3-dev
Install libmptcpd3-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 libmptcpd3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmptcpd3-dev
How To Uninstall libmptcpd3-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmptcpd3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmptcpd3-dev
Uninstall libmptcpd3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmptcpd3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmptcpd3-dev
Remove libmptcpd3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmptcpd3-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmptcpd3-dev
Remove libmptcpd3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmptcpd3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmptcpd3-dev
Dependencies
libmptcpd3-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmptcpd3-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
