How To Install libexempi-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexempi-dev on Debian 9. libexempi-dev is library to parse XMP metadata (Development files)

Introduction

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

What is libexempi-dev

libexempi-dev is:

Exempi is a library to parse XMP metadata as defined by the specification.

XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) facilitates embedding metadata in files using a subset of RDF. Most notably XMP supports embedding metadata in PDF and many image formats, though it is designed to support nearly any file type.

This package provides development files for using exempi.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libexempi-dev

Install libexempi-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libexempi-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libexempi-dev

How To Uninstall libexempi-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libexempi-dev

Uninstall libexempi-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexempi-dev

Remove libexempi-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libexempi-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libexempi-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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