How To Install libwim15 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libwim15 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libwim15 is Library for manipulating Windows Imaging files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwim15 on Debian 10.

What is libwim15

libwim15 is:

wimlib is a C library for extracting, creating, modifying, and mounting WIM (Windows Imaging) files.

WIM is an archive format designed primarily for archiving Windows filesystems. It features single-instancing and LZ77-based compression, and is used by Microsoft to distribute and deploy Windows Vista and later.

There are three methods to install libwim15 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 libwim15 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwim15 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwim15

Install libwim15 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwim15 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwim15

Install libwim15 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 libwim15 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwim15

How To Uninstall libwim15 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libwim15 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwim15

Uninstall libwim15 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwim15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwim15

Remove libwim15 Configurations and Data

To remove libwim15 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwim15

Remove libwim15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwim15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwim15

Dependencies

libwim15 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwim15 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.