How To Install libnetplan-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetplan-dev on Debian 11. libnetplan-dev is Development files for netplans libnetplan runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetplan-dev on Debian 11.

What is libnetplan-dev

libnetplan-dev is:

netplan reads YAML network configuration files which are written by administrators, installers, cloud image instantiations, or other OS deployments. During early boot it then generates backend specific configuration files in /run to hand off control of devices to a particular networking daemon.

Currently supported backends are networkd and NetworkManager.

This package contains development files for developers wanting to use libnetplan in their applications.

There are three methods to install libnetplan-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnetplan-dev

Install libnetplan-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnetplan-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libnetplan-dev

How To Uninstall libnetplan-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libnetplan-dev

Uninstall libnetplan-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnetplan-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetplan-dev

Remove libnetplan-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libnetplan-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnetplan-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libnetplan-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetplan-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.