How To Install eom-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install eom-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. eom-dev is Eye of MATE graphics viewer program (development files)

Introduction

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

What is eom-dev

eom-dev is:

eom or the Eye of MATE is a simple graphics viewer for the MATE desktop which uses the gdk-pixbuf library. It can deal with large images, and zoom and scroll with constant memory usage. Its goals are simplicity and standards compliance.

This package contains the development files for building eom plugins.

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

sudo apt-get -y install eom-dev

Install eom-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eom-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install eom-dev

How To Uninstall eom-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove eom-dev

Uninstall eom-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eom-dev

Remove eom-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge eom-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

eom-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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