How To Install libusermetricsoutput-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libusermetricsoutput-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libusermetricsoutput-dev is output library for retrieving anonymous metrics about users (header files)

Introduction

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

What is libusermetricsoutput-dev

libusermetricsoutput-dev is:

Libusermetrics enables apps to locally store interesting numerical data for later presentation. For example in the Ubuntu Greeter “flower” infographic.

  • All data is stored locally in /var/usermetrics/.
  • No data is centrally collected via a web-serivice or otherwise, and no data is sent over the internet.

The only data that can be stored is numerical, for example “number of e-mails” or “number of pictures taken”. No personally identifying information is stored using this library.

The Libusermetrics components are used by the Lomiri Operating Environment.

This package contains libusermetricsoutput header files that are needed to build applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libusermetricsoutput-dev

Install libusermetricsoutput-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libusermetricsoutput-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libusermetricsoutput-dev

How To Uninstall libusermetricsoutput-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libusermetricsoutput-dev

Uninstall libusermetricsoutput-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libusermetricsoutput-dev

Remove libusermetricsoutput-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libusermetricsoutput-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libusermetricsoutput-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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