How To Install libevas1-engines-x on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1-engines-x on Debian 9. libevas1-engines-x is Evas module providing the X11 engines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1-engines-x on Debian 9.

What is libevas1-engines-x

libevas1-engines-x is:

Evas is an advanced canvas library, providing six engines for rendering: X11, OpenGL (hardware accelerated), DirectFB, the framebuffer, Microsoft Windows and Qtopia. Due to its simple API, evas can be developed with rapidly, and cleanly.

This package contains the X11-related Evas engine modules:

  • GL/X11
  • Software/X11 (Xlib/XCB)

There are three methods to install libevas1-engines-x 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 libevas1-engines-x Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libevas1-engines-x using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libevas1-engines-x

Install libevas1-engines-x Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libevas1-engines-x using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libevas1-engines-x

Install libevas1-engines-x 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 libevas1-engines-x using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevas1-engines-x

How To Uninstall libevas1-engines-x on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libevas1-engines-x package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libevas1-engines-x

Uninstall libevas1-engines-x And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libevas1-engines-x and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevas1-engines-x

Remove libevas1-engines-x Configurations and Data

To remove libevas1-engines-x configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libevas1-engines-x

Remove libevas1-engines-x configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libevas1-engines-x configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevas1-engines-x

Dependencies

libevas1-engines-x have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1-engines-x package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.