How To Install libwrap0-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libwrap0-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libwrap0-dev is Wietse Venemas TCP wrappers library, development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwrap0-dev on Debian 12.

What is libwrap0-dev

libwrap0-dev is:

Wietse Venema’s network logger, also known as TCPD or LOG_TCP.

These programs log the client host name of incoming telnet, ftp, rsh, rlogin, finger etc. requests.

Security options are:

  • access control per host, domain and/or service;
  • detection of host name spoofing or host address spoofing;
  • booby traps to implement an early-warning system.

There are three methods to install libwrap0-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 libwrap0-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 libwrap0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwrap0-dev

Install libwrap0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwrap0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwrap0-dev

Install libwrap0-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 libwrap0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwrap0-dev

How To Uninstall libwrap0-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libwrap0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwrap0-dev

Uninstall libwrap0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwrap0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwrap0-dev

Remove libwrap0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwrap0-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwrap0-dev

Remove libwrap0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwrap0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwrap0-dev

Dependencies

libwrap0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwrap0-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.