How To Install libsmi2-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2-dev on Debian 12.
What is libsmi2-dev
libsmi2-dev is:
These are the files needed to compile programs using libsmi.
The purpose of libsmi is to
- give network management applications a concise programmer-friendly interface to access MIB module information,
- separate the knowledge on SMI from the main parts of management applications,
- allow one to add new kinds of MIB repositories without the need to adapt applications that make use of libsmi.
In this context, MIB is “Management Information Base” and SMI stands for “Structure and identification of Management Information”. See RFC1902 and others for details.
This package contains development files for libsmi library.
There are three methods to install libsmi2-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 libsmi2-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 libsmi2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsmi2-dev
Install libsmi2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsmi2-dev
Install libsmi2-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 libsmi2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsmi2-dev
How To Uninstall libsmi2-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libsmi2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsmi2-dev
Uninstall libsmi2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsmi2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmi2-dev
Remove libsmi2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsmi2-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsmi2-dev
Remove libsmi2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsmi2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmi2-dev
Dependencies
libsmi2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
