How To Install libofapi0 on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofapi0 on Debian 11.

What is libofapi0

libofapi0 is:

oflib is a library designed to make the parsing of POWER and SPARC device-tree’s (OpenFirmware) simple and fast.

It is useful for querying the hardware of the current system in applications for Apple, IBM and SUN machines.

This package includes the shared library.

There are three methods to install libofapi0 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 libofapi0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libofapi0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libofapi0

Install libofapi0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libofapi0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libofapi0

Install libofapi0 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 libofapi0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libofapi0

How To Uninstall libofapi0 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libofapi0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libofapi0

Uninstall libofapi0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libofapi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libofapi0

Remove libofapi0 Configurations and Data

To remove libofapi0 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libofapi0

Remove libofapi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libofapi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libofapi0

Dependencies

libofapi0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libofapi0 website
• libofapi0 on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofapi0 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.