How To Install libcolord-gtk-headers on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolord-gtk-headers on Debian 12.
What is libcolord-gtk-headers
libcolord-gtk-headers is:
colord is a system service that makes it easy to manage, install and generate colour profiles to accurately colour manage input and output devices.
This is a GTK convenience library for interacting with colord. It is useful for both applications which need colour management and applications that wish to perform colour calibration.
If you want to have your package use this library, add libcolord-gtk4-dev or libcolord-gtk-dev to your package’s Build-Depends. Do not build-depend on libcolord-gtk-headers directly.
This package contains the development header files.
There are three methods to install libcolord-gtk-headers on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcolord-gtk-headers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolord-gtk-headers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcolord-gtk-headers
Install libcolord-gtk-headers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolord-gtk-headers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcolord-gtk-headers
Install libcolord-gtk-headers 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 libcolord-gtk-headers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcolord-gtk-headers
How To Uninstall libcolord-gtk-headers on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcolord-gtk-headers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcolord-gtk-headers
Uninstall libcolord-gtk-headers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcolord-gtk-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcolord-gtk-headers
Remove libcolord-gtk-headers Configurations and Data
To remove libcolord-gtk-headers configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcolord-gtk-headers
Remove libcolord-gtk-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcolord-gtk-headers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcolord-gtk-headers
Dependencies
libcolord-gtk-headers have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolord-gtk-headers package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
