How To Install libwmf-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-dev on Debian 9. libwmf-dev is Windows metafile conversion development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-dev on Debian 9.

What is libwmf-dev

libwmf-dev is:

Windows metafile (WMF) is a picture format used by many Windows programs, e.g. Microsoft Word. libwmf is a library for interpreting metafile images and either displaying them using X or converting them to standard formats such as PNG, JPEG, PS, EPS and SVG(Z)…

This package contains the static library and header files.

There are three methods to install libwmf-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwmf-dev

Install libwmf-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwmf-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwmf-dev

How To Uninstall libwmf-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libwmf-dev

Uninstall libwmf-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwmf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwmf-dev

Remove libwmf-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwmf-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwmf-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwmf-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.