How To Install libubertooth-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libubertooth-dev on Debian 9.
What is libubertooth-dev
libubertooth-dev is:
Project Ubertooth is an open source wireless development platform suitable for Bluetooth experimentation. Ubertooth ships with a capable BLE (Bluetooth Smart) sniffer and can sniff some data from Basic Rate (BR) Bluetooth Classic connections.
This package provides the development files for using the ubertooth library.
There are three methods to install libubertooth-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 libubertooth-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 libubertooth-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libubertooth-dev
Install libubertooth-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libubertooth-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libubertooth-dev
Install libubertooth-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 libubertooth-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libubertooth-dev
How To Uninstall libubertooth-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libubertooth-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libubertooth-dev
Uninstall libubertooth-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libubertooth-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libubertooth-dev
Remove libubertooth-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libubertooth-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libubertooth-dev
Remove libubertooth-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libubertooth-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libubertooth-dev
Dependencies
libubertooth-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libubertooth-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.