How To Install xfslibs-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfslibs-dev on Debian 9.
What is xfslibs-dev
xfslibs-dev is:
xfslibs-dev contains the libraries and header files needed to develop XFS filesystem-specific programs.
XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes, variable block sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of Btrees (directories, extents, free space) to aid both performance and scalability.
Refer to the documentation at http://xfs.org/ for complete details.
There are three methods to install xfslibs-dev 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 xfslibs-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 xfslibs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfslibs-dev
Install xfslibs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfslibs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfslibs-dev
Install xfslibs-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 xfslibs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfslibs-dev
How To Uninstall xfslibs-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xfslibs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfslibs-dev
Uninstall xfslibs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfslibs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfslibs-dev
Remove xfslibs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove xfslibs-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfslibs-dev
Remove xfslibs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfslibs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfslibs-dev
Dependencies
xfslibs-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfslibs-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.