How To Install linux-libc-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install linux-libc-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. linux-libc-dev is Linux support headers for userspace development

Introduction

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

What is linux-libc-dev

linux-libc-dev is:

This package provides userspaces headers from the Linux kernel. These headers are used by the installed headers for GNU libc and other system libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install linux-libc-dev

Install linux-libc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install linux-libc-dev

Install linux-libc-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 linux-libc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-libc-dev

How To Uninstall linux-libc-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove linux-libc-dev

Uninstall linux-libc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-libc-dev

Remove linux-libc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-libc-dev

Remove linux-libc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-libc-dev

Dependencies

linux-libc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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