How To Install libpaps-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpaps-dev on Debian 11. libpaps-dev is Development files for libpaps

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpaps-dev on Debian 11.

What is libpaps-dev

libpaps-dev is:

Paps reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline curves through the pango ft2 backend.

This package contains the development files that are necessary to develop applications using paps API.

There are three methods to install libpaps-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpaps-dev

Install libpaps-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpaps-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpaps-dev

How To Uninstall libpaps-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libpaps-dev

Uninstall libpaps-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpaps-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpaps-dev

Remove libpaps-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpaps-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpaps-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpaps-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpaps-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.