How To Install libt3key-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libt3key-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libt3key-dev is Development files for libt3key

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3key-dev on Debian 10.

What is libt3key-dev

libt3key-dev is:

The libt3key library provides functions for retrieving the character sequences used by terminals to represent keys pressed by the user. Although the terminfo database provides part of this information, it lacks information for the sequences returned by modern terminals/terminal emulators for many combinations of modifiers with other keys. For example, many terminal emulators provide separate character sequences for Control combined with the cursor keys, which is not stored in the terminfo database.

This package contains the header files to compile programs against libt3key.

There are three methods to install libt3key-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 libt3key-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 libt3key-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libt3key-dev

Install libt3key-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libt3key-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libt3key-dev

Install libt3key-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 libt3key-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libt3key-dev

How To Uninstall libt3key-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libt3key-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libt3key-dev

Uninstall libt3key-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libt3key-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libt3key-dev

Remove libt3key-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libt3key-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libt3key-dev

Remove libt3key-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libt3key-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libt3key-dev

Dependencies

libt3key-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3key-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.