How To Install libagg-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libagg-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libagg-dev is AntiGrain Geometry graphical toolkit (static development files)

Introduction

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

What is libagg-dev

libagg-dev is:

Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) is a general purpose graphical toolkit written completely in standard and platform independent C++. It can be used in many areas of computer programming where high quality 2D graphics is an essential part of the project.

This package contains the development files for building applications using agg, static libraries only.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libagg-dev

Install libagg-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libagg-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libagg-dev

How To Uninstall libagg-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libagg-dev

Uninstall libagg-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libagg-dev

Remove libagg-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libagg-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libagg-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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