How To Install libserialport-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libserialport-dev on Debian 9.
What is libserialport-dev
libserialport-dev is:
libserialport is a minimal, cross-platform shared library that is intended to take care of the OS-specific details when writing software that uses serial ports.
This package contains the header files and other development files.
There are three methods to install libserialport-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libserialport-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 libserialport-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libserialport-dev
Install libserialport-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libserialport-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libserialport-dev
Install libserialport-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 libserialport-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libserialport-dev
How To Uninstall libserialport-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libserialport-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libserialport-dev
Uninstall libserialport-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libserialport-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libserialport-dev
Remove libserialport-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libserialport-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libserialport-dev
Remove libserialport-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libserialport-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libserialport-dev
Dependencies
libserialport-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libserialport-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.