How To Install libecore-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecore-dev on Debian 9. libecore-dev is Ecore headers and static libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecore-dev on Debian 9.

What is libecore-dev

libecore-dev is:

This is the core event abstraction layer and X abstraction layer that makes doing selections, Xdnd, general X stuff, and event loops, timeouts and idle handlers fast, optimized, and convenient. It’s a separate library so anyone can make use of the work put into Ecore to make this job easy for applications.

This package contains headers and static libraries for the Ecore library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libecore-dev

Install libecore-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libecore-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libecore-dev

How To Uninstall libecore-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libecore-dev

Uninstall libecore-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libecore-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libecore-dev

Remove libecore-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libecore-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libecore-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libecore-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecore-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.