How To Install libcairo2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo2 on Debian 11.
What is libcairo2
libcairo2 is:
Cairo is a multi-platform library providing anti-aliased vector-based rendering for multiple target backends. Paths consist of line segments and cubic splines and can be rendered at any width with various join and cap styles. All colors may be specified with optional translucence (opacity/alpha) and combined using the extended Porter/Duff compositing algebra as found in the X Render Extension.
Cairo exports a stateful rendering API similar in spirit to the path construction, text, and painting operators of PostScript, (with the significant addition of translucence in the imaging model). When complete, the API is intended to support the complete imaging model of PDF 1.4.
This package contains the shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libcairo2 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 libcairo2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcairo2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcairo2
Install libcairo2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcairo2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcairo2
Install libcairo2 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 libcairo2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcairo2
How To Uninstall libcairo2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcairo2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcairo2
Uninstall libcairo2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcairo2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcairo2
Remove libcairo2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcairo2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcairo2
Remove libcairo2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcairo2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcairo2
Dependencies
libcairo2 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libpixman-1-0
- libpng16-16
- libx11-6
- libxcb-render0
- libxcb-shm0
- libxcb1
- libxext6
- libxrender1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.