How To Install trafficserver-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install trafficserver-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. trafficserver-dev is Apache Traffic Server Software Developers Kit (SDK)

Introduction

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

What is trafficserver-dev

trafficserver-dev is:

This package provides the Apache Traffic Server Software Developers Kit, which consists of: a collection of development header and bindings for the C programming language, the tsxs linking helper and examples to write your own plug-ins for the Apache Traffic Server.

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

sudo apt-get -y install trafficserver-dev

Install trafficserver-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trafficserver-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install trafficserver-dev

How To Uninstall trafficserver-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove trafficserver-dev

Uninstall trafficserver-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trafficserver-dev

Remove trafficserver-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge trafficserver-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

trafficserver-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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