How To Install libswupdate-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libswupdate-dev on Debian 12.
What is libswupdate-dev
libswupdate-dev is:
This package contains the development files for libswupdate.
swupdate is a Linux update agent with the goal to provide an efficient and safe way to update an embedded system.
- Install on embedded media (eMMC, SD, Raw NAND, NOR and SPI-NOR flashes)
- Allow delivery single image for multiple devices
- Multiple interfaces for getting software
- local storage
- integrated web server
- integrated REST client connector to hawkBit
- remote server download
- Software delivered as images, gzipped tarball, etc
- Allow custom handlers for installing FPGA/ microcontroller firmware.
- Power-Off safe
There are three methods to install libswupdate-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 libswupdate-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 libswupdate-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libswupdate-dev
Install libswupdate-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libswupdate-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libswupdate-dev
Install libswupdate-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 libswupdate-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libswupdate-dev
How To Uninstall libswupdate-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libswupdate-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libswupdate-dev
Uninstall libswupdate-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libswupdate-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libswupdate-dev
Remove libswupdate-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libswupdate-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libswupdate-dev
Remove libswupdate-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libswupdate-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libswupdate-dev
Dependencies
libswupdate-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libswupdate-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
