How To Install libopenhpi-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libopenhpi-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libopenhpi-dev is OpenHPI libraries (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenhpi-dev on Debian 12.

What is libopenhpi-dev

libopenhpi-dev is:

OpenHPI is an implementation of the Service Availability Forum’s Hardware Platform Interface specification. (See http://www.saforum.org) As such, OpenHPI facilitates the development of computer manageability applications which are not tied to a single hardware vendor’s products.

This package contains the development libraries and include files needed to build an application program that uses OpenHPI.

There are three methods to install libopenhpi-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 libopenhpi-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 libopenhpi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenhpi-dev

Install libopenhpi-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenhpi-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopenhpi-dev

How To Uninstall libopenhpi-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenhpi-dev

Uninstall libopenhpi-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenhpi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenhpi-dev

Remove libopenhpi-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopenhpi-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenhpi-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopenhpi-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenhpi-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.