How To Install libappimage-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappimage-dev on Debian 12.
What is libappimage-dev
libappimage-dev is:
Core library of the AppImage project. Reference implementation of the AppImage specification. https://appimage.org
AppImage provides a way for upstream developers to provide ??native?? binaries for Linux users just the same way they could do for other operating systems. It allow packaging applications for any common Linux based operating system, e.g., Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora etc. AppImages come with all dependencies that cannot be assumed to be part of each target system in a recent enough version and will run on most Linux distributions without further modifications.
AppImage is the format, and AppImageKit provides a reference implementation.
This package contains the development files for libappimage.
There are three methods to install libappimage-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 libappimage-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 libappimage-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libappimage-dev
Install libappimage-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libappimage-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libappimage-dev
Install libappimage-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 libappimage-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libappimage-dev
How To Uninstall libappimage-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libappimage-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libappimage-dev
Uninstall libappimage-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libappimage-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libappimage-dev
Remove libappimage-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libappimage-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libappimage-dev
Remove libappimage-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libappimage-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libappimage-dev
Dependencies
libappimage-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappimage-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
