How To Install libavif15 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libavif15 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libavif15 is Library for handling .avif files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavif15 on Debian 12.

What is libavif15

libavif15 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 shared library files.

There are three methods to install libavif15 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 libavif15 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavif15 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavif15

Install libavif15 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavif15 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavif15

Install libavif15 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 libavif15 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavif15

How To Uninstall libavif15 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libavif15 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavif15

Uninstall libavif15 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavif15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavif15

Remove libavif15 Configurations and Data

To remove libavif15 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavif15

Remove libavif15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavif15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavif15

Dependencies

libavif15 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavif15 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.