How To Install libavif-gdk-pixbuf on Debian 12

Learn how to install libavif-gdk-pixbuf on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libavif-gdk-pixbuf is Library for handling .avif files (GDK pixbuf plugin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavif-gdk-pixbuf on Debian 12.

What is libavif-gdk-pixbuf

libavif-gdk-pixbuf is:

This library aims to be a friendly, portable C implementation of the AV1 Image File Format as described in https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/.

This package provides the GDK pixbuf plugin for the library.

There are three methods to install libavif-gdk-pixbuf 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 libavif-gdk-pixbuf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavif-gdk-pixbuf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavif-gdk-pixbuf

Install libavif-gdk-pixbuf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavif-gdk-pixbuf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavif-gdk-pixbuf

Install libavif-gdk-pixbuf 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 libavif-gdk-pixbuf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavif-gdk-pixbuf

How To Uninstall libavif-gdk-pixbuf on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libavif-gdk-pixbuf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavif-gdk-pixbuf

Uninstall libavif-gdk-pixbuf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavif-gdk-pixbuf

Remove libavif-gdk-pixbuf Configurations and Data

To remove libavif-gdk-pixbuf configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavif-gdk-pixbuf

Remove libavif-gdk-pixbuf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavif-gdk-pixbuf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavif-gdk-pixbuf

Dependencies

libavif-gdk-pixbuf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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