How To Install libaa1-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa1-dev on Debian 11. libaa1-dev is ASCII art library, development kit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa1-dev on Debian 11.

What is libaa1-dev

libaa1-dev is:

AAlib is a portable ASCII art graphics library. Internally, it works like a graphics display, but the output is rendered into platform-independent ASCII graphics.

This package contains the static library and header files used in development, plus developer’s documentation.

There are three methods to install libaa1-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libaa1-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 libaa1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaa1-dev

Install libaa1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaa1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaa1-dev

Install libaa1-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 libaa1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaa1-dev

How To Uninstall libaa1-dev on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libaa1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaa1-dev

Uninstall libaa1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaa1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaa1-dev

Remove libaa1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libaa1-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaa1-dev

Remove libaa1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaa1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaa1-dev

Dependencies

libaa1-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa1-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.