How To Install libfm-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfm-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfm-dev is file management support (core development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-dev on Debian 12.

What is libfm-dev

libfm-dev is:

LibFM provides file management functions built on top of Glib/GIO, giving a convenient higher-level API.

This package contains the development files for GUI-independent build.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfm-dev

Install libfm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfm-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfm-dev

How To Uninstall libfm-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libfm-dev

Uninstall libfm-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfm-dev

Remove libfm-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libfm-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfm-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfm-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfm-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.