How To Install libxen-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxen-dev on Debian 10.
What is libxen-dev
libxen-dev is:
This package contains the public headers and static libraries for Xen.
The libxenlight library is intended as a common base for all Xen toolstack developers. The libxlutil library contains additional helpers which may be useful to toolstack developers.
The libxenstore library allows userspace processes to interact with the XenStore database. Command line tools for accessing xenstore are provided is via the xenstore-utils package.
Most of the other included libraries are internal, and intended for use by the Xen toolstack, rather than directly.
There are three methods to install libxen-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 libxen-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 libxen-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxen-dev
Install libxen-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxen-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxen-dev
Install libxen-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 libxen-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxen-dev
How To Uninstall libxen-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libxen-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxen-dev
Uninstall libxen-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxen-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxen-dev
Remove libxen-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxen-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxen-dev
Remove libxen-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxen-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxen-dev
Dependencies
libxen-dev have the following dependencies:
- libxenmisc4.11
- libxencall1
- libxendevicemodel1
- libxenevtchn1
- libxenforeignmemory1
- libxengnttab1
- libxenstore3.0
- libxentoolcore1
- libxentoollog1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxen-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.