How To Install libgvnc-1.0-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgvnc-1.0-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgvnc-1.0-dev is VNC GObject wrapper (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvnc-1.0-dev on Debian 10.

What is libgvnc-1.0-dev

libgvnc-1.0-dev is:

It is built using coroutines, allowing it to be completely asynchronous while remaining single threaded. It supports RFB protocols 3.3 through 3.8 and the VeNCrypt authentication extension providing SSL/TLS encryption with x509 certificate authentication.

The core library is written in C and a bindings for other languages are available via GObject introspection. The networking layer supports connections over both IPv4 and IPv6.

This package contains the development headers for libgvnc-1.0 and Vala bindings.

There are three methods to install libgvnc-1.0-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgvnc-1.0-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 libgvnc-1.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgvnc-1.0-dev

Install libgvnc-1.0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgvnc-1.0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgvnc-1.0-dev

Install libgvnc-1.0-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 libgvnc-1.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgvnc-1.0-dev

How To Uninstall libgvnc-1.0-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgvnc-1.0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgvnc-1.0-dev

Uninstall libgvnc-1.0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgvnc-1.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgvnc-1.0-dev

Remove libgvnc-1.0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgvnc-1.0-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgvnc-1.0-dev

Remove libgvnc-1.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgvnc-1.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgvnc-1.0-dev

Dependencies

libgvnc-1.0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvnc-1.0-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.