How To Install liballegro4.4 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liballegro4.4 on Debian 11.
What is liballegro4.4
liballegro4.4 is:
Allegro is a cross-platform library mainly aimed at video game and multimedia programming. It handles common, low-level tasks such as creating windows, accepting user input, loading data, drawing images, playing sounds, etc. and generally abstracting away the underlying platform.
There are three methods to install liballegro4.4 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 liballegro4.4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liballegro4.4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liballegro4.4
Install liballegro4.4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liballegro4.4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liballegro4.4
Install liballegro4.4 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 liballegro4.4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liballegro4.4
How To Uninstall liballegro4.4 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the liballegro4.4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liballegro4.4
Uninstall liballegro4.4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liballegro4.4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liballegro4.4
Remove liballegro4.4 Configurations and Data
To remove liballegro4.4 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liballegro4.4
Remove liballegro4.4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liballegro4.4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liballegro4.4
Dependencies
liballegro4.4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liballegro4.4 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
