How To Install libhippocanvas-1-0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhippocanvas-1-0 on Debian 9. libhippocanvas-1-0 is a GTK+2.0 canvas library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhippocanvas-1-0 on Debian 9.

What is libhippocanvas-1-0

libhippocanvas-1-0 is:

Hippo Canvas is a canvas library based on GTK+2.0, Cairo and Pango. It is used by the Mugshot client and by the Sugar UI

There are three methods to install libhippocanvas-1-0 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 libhippocanvas-1-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhippocanvas-1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhippocanvas-1-0

Install libhippocanvas-1-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhippocanvas-1-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhippocanvas-1-0

Install libhippocanvas-1-0 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 libhippocanvas-1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhippocanvas-1-0

How To Uninstall libhippocanvas-1-0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libhippocanvas-1-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhippocanvas-1-0

Uninstall libhippocanvas-1-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhippocanvas-1-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhippocanvas-1-0

Remove libhippocanvas-1-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libhippocanvas-1-0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhippocanvas-1-0

Remove libhippocanvas-1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhippocanvas-1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhippocanvas-1-0

Dependencies

libhippocanvas-1-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhippocanvas-1-0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.