How To Install libsam-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsam-dev on Debian 11.
What is libsam-dev
libsam-dev is:
The Corosync Cluster Engine is a Group Communication System with additional features for implementing high availability within applications. The project provides four C Application Programming Interface features:
- A closed process group communication model with virtual synchrony guarantees for creating replicated state machines.
- A simple availability manager that restarts the application process when it has failed.
- A configuration and statistics in-memory database that provide the ability to set, retrieve, and receive change notifications of information.
- A quorum system that notifies applications when quorum is achieved or lost.
This package contains the headers and other necessary files to build applications or libraries that use the Simple Availability Manager library.
There are three methods to install libsam-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 libsam-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 libsam-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsam-dev
Install libsam-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsam-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsam-dev
Install libsam-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 libsam-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsam-dev
How To Uninstall libsam-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libsam-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsam-dev
Uninstall libsam-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsam-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsam-dev
Remove libsam-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsam-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsam-dev
Remove libsam-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsam-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsam-dev
Dependencies
libsam-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsam-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.