How To Install libtuiwidgets-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libtuiwidgets-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libtuiwidgets-dev is high-level widget based toolkit for terminal applications - headers

Introduction

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

What is libtuiwidgets-dev

libtuiwidgets-dev is:

It is designed to be flexible and similar to use to Qt graphical widgets. Its look and feel is similar to graphical applications or classic full screen terminal applications from the PC world of the 90s.

This package contains the header files and symbolic links need for building software using tuiwidgets.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtuiwidgets-dev

Install libtuiwidgets-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtuiwidgets-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtuiwidgets-dev

How To Uninstall libtuiwidgets-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libtuiwidgets-dev

Uninstall libtuiwidgets-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtuiwidgets-dev

Remove libtuiwidgets-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtuiwidgets-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtuiwidgets-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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