How To Install libstrophe-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libstrophe-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libstrophe-dev is Library for writing XMPP clients - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstrophe-dev on Debian 10.

What is libstrophe-dev

libstrophe-dev is:

libstrophe is a lightweight XMPP client library written in C. It has minimal dependencies and is configurable for various environments.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libstrophe-dev

Install libstrophe-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstrophe-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libstrophe-dev

How To Uninstall libstrophe-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libstrophe-dev

Uninstall libstrophe-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstrophe-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstrophe-dev

Remove libstrophe-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libstrophe-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstrophe-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libstrophe-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstrophe-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.