How To Install evolution-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install evolution-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. evolution-dev is development library files for Evolution

Introduction

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

What is evolution-dev

evolution-dev is:

Evolution is a groupware suite which integrates mail, calendar, address book, to-do list and memo tools.

This package contains header and static library files for developing Evolution components.

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

sudo apt-get -y install evolution-dev

Install evolution-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install evolution-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install evolution-dev

How To Uninstall evolution-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove evolution-dev

Uninstall evolution-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove evolution-dev

Remove evolution-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge evolution-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

evolution-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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