How To Install libsctp1 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsctp1 on Debian 10.
What is libsctp1
libsctp1 is:
SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a message oriented, reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages. RFC 2960 defines the core protocol.
This library is part of the LKSCTP project, supplementing the Linux kernel SCTP implementation.
There are three methods to install libsctp1 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsctp1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsctp1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsctp1
Install libsctp1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsctp1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsctp1
Install libsctp1 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 libsctp1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsctp1
How To Uninstall libsctp1 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libsctp1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsctp1
Uninstall libsctp1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsctp1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsctp1
Remove libsctp1 Configurations and Data
To remove libsctp1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsctp1
Remove libsctp1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsctp1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsctp1
Dependencies
libsctp1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsctp1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.