How To Install libaa1-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa1-dev on Debian 11.
What is libaa1-dev
libaa1-dev is:
AAlib is a portable ASCII art graphics library. Internally, it works like a graphics display, but the output is rendered into platform-independent ASCII graphics.
This package contains the static library and header files used in development, plus developer’s documentation.
There are three methods to install libaa1-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libaa1-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 libaa1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaa1-dev
Install libaa1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaa1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaa1-dev
Install libaa1-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 libaa1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaa1-dev
How To Uninstall libaa1-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libaa1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaa1-dev
Uninstall libaa1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaa1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaa1-dev
Remove libaa1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libaa1-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaa1-dev
Remove libaa1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaa1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaa1-dev
Dependencies
libaa1-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa1-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.