How To Install lksctp-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lksctp-tools on Debian 9.
What is lksctp-tools
lksctp-tools is:
SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a message oriented, reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages. RFC 2960 defines the core protocol.
This package is part of the LKSCTP project, and contains libraries and commandline tools to test SCTP functionality:
- checksctp: determine if kernel supports SCTP
- withsctp: run existing TCP binaries over SCTP
- sctp_darn: send and receive messages via SCTP
- sctp_test: check SCTP functionality from user-space
There are three methods to install lksctp-tools 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 lksctp-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lksctp-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lksctp-tools
Install lksctp-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lksctp-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lksctp-tools
Install lksctp-tools 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 lksctp-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lksctp-tools
How To Uninstall lksctp-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lksctp-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lksctp-tools
Uninstall lksctp-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lksctp-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lksctp-tools
Remove lksctp-tools Configurations and Data
To remove lksctp-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lksctp-tools
Remove lksctp-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lksctp-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lksctp-tools
Dependencies
lksctp-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lksctp-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.