How To Install libmotif-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmotif-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmotif-dev is Motif - development files

Introduction

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

What is libmotif-dev

libmotif-dev is:

Motif is the industry standard GUI component toolkit for *NIX.

This package provides everything needed for developing Motif applications, including header files, static libraries and the API manual pages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmotif-dev

Install libmotif-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmotif-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmotif-dev

How To Uninstall libmotif-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libmotif-dev

Uninstall libmotif-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmotif-dev

Remove libmotif-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmotif-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmotif-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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