How To Install libpurple-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpurple-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpurple-dev is multi-protocol instant messaging library - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-dev on Debian 12.

What is libpurple-dev

libpurple-dev is:

This package contains the headers and other development files not included in the main libpurple0 package. Install this if you wish to compile your own client-agnostic plugins, or would like to compile programs that use libpurple.

There are three methods to install libpurple-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpurple-dev

Install libpurple-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpurple-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpurple-dev

How To Uninstall libpurple-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libpurple-dev

Uninstall libpurple-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpurple-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpurple-dev

Remove libpurple-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpurple-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpurple-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpurple-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.