How To Install libnatpmp-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnatpmp-dev on Debian 12.
What is libnatpmp-dev
libnatpmp-dev is:
NAT-PMP is the direct concurrent to the UPnP IGD specification. It is providing a way to do NAT traversal. It is part of the Bonjour protocol specifications. At the moment it is mainly supported by Apple software and hardware. For a way to add NAT-PMP capabilities to your *BSD, Linux or (Open)Solaris Router, you should have a look at MiniUPnPd which is supporting NAT-PMP in addition to UPnP since December 2007 !
libnatpmp is an attempt to make a portable and fully compliant implementation of the protocol NAT-PMP for the client side. It is based on non blocking sockets and all calls of the API are asynchronous. It is therefore very easy to integrate the NAT-PMP code to any event driven code.
This package contains development files needed to build using libnatpmp.
There are three methods to install libnatpmp-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 libnatpmp-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 libnatpmp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnatpmp-dev
Install libnatpmp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnatpmp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnatpmp-dev
Install libnatpmp-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 libnatpmp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnatpmp-dev
How To Uninstall libnatpmp-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnatpmp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnatpmp-dev
Uninstall libnatpmp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnatpmp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnatpmp-dev
Remove libnatpmp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnatpmp-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnatpmp-dev
Remove libnatpmp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnatpmp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnatpmp-dev
Dependencies
libnatpmp-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnatpmp-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
