How To Install ivtools-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install ivtools-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ivtools-dev is Development files for the InterViews library

Introduction

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

What is ivtools-dev

ivtools-dev is:

InterViews is written in C++ and portable to several different Unix platforms. Applications written with the InterViews library can be configured to provide a special “Look and Feel”, such as SGI-Motif and normal Motif. This package contains the include files needed to develop applications with the ivtools library, along with appropriate dynamic library links and static libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ivtools-dev

Install ivtools-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ivtools-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install ivtools-dev

How To Uninstall ivtools-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ivtools-dev

Uninstall ivtools-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ivtools-dev

Remove ivtools-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ivtools-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

ivtools-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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