How To Install liballegro5.2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liballegro5.2 on Debian 11.
What is liballegro5.2
liballegro5.2 is:
Allegro is a cross-platform library intended for use in computer games and other types of multimedia programming. Allegro 5 is the latest major revision of the library, designed to take advantage of modern hardware (e.g. hardware acceleration using 3D cards) and operating systems. Although it is not backwards compatible with earlier versions, it still occupies the same niche and retains a familiar style.
There are three methods to install liballegro5.2 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 liballegro5.2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liballegro5.2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liballegro5.2
Install liballegro5.2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liballegro5.2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liballegro5.2
Install liballegro5.2 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 liballegro5.2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liballegro5.2
How To Uninstall liballegro5.2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the liballegro5.2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liballegro5.2
Uninstall liballegro5.2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liballegro5.2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liballegro5.2
Remove liballegro5.2 Configurations and Data
To remove liballegro5.2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liballegro5.2
Remove liballegro5.2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liballegro5.2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liballegro5.2
Dependencies
liballegro5.2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liballegro5.2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.