How To Install zathura-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install zathura-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. zathura-dev is development files for zathura plugins

Introduction

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

What is zathura-dev

zathura-dev is:

zathura is a document viewer with a minimalistic and space saving interface. It can be extended to support other file formats via a plugin system.

This package contains the files to develop plugins.

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

sudo apt-get -y install zathura-dev

Install zathura-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zathura-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install zathura-dev

How To Uninstall zathura-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove zathura-dev

Uninstall zathura-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zathura-dev

Remove zathura-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zathura-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

zathura-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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