How To Install libgirara-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgirara-dev on Debian 9. libgirara-dev is library for minimalistic user interfaces (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libgirara-dev

libgirara-dev is:

A library focused at implementing minimalistic user interfaces. It provides three main components: a view widget that represents the actual application, an input bar to execute application specific commands and a status bar which provides information to the user.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgirara-dev

Install libgirara-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgirara-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgirara-dev

How To Uninstall libgirara-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libgirara-dev

Uninstall libgirara-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgirara-dev

Remove libgirara-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgirara-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgirara-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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