How To Install libgd3 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgd3 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgd3 is GD Graphics Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgd3 on Debian 12.

What is libgd3

libgd3 is:

GD is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw images complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colours, cut and paste from other images, flood fills, and write out the result as a PNG file. This is particularly useful in World Wide Web applications, where PNG is one of the formats accepted for inline images by most browsers.

This is the runtime package of the library.

There are three methods to install libgd3 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 libgd3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgd3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgd3

Install libgd3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgd3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgd3

Install libgd3 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 libgd3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgd3

How To Uninstall libgd3 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgd3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgd3

Uninstall libgd3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgd3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgd3

Remove libgd3 Configurations and Data

To remove libgd3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgd3

Remove libgd3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgd3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgd3

Dependencies

libgd3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgd3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.