How To Install libpci-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpci-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpci-dev is PCI utilities (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libpci-dev

libpci-dev is:

This package contains the <pci/pci.h>, <pci/config.h> and <pci/header.h> header files, as well as the libpci static library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpci-dev

Install libpci-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpci-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpci-dev

How To Uninstall libpci-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libpci-dev

Uninstall libpci-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpci-dev

Remove libpci-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpci-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpci-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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