How To Install libcdk5-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdk5-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libcdk5-dev
libcdk5-dev is:
CDK stands for “Curses Development Kit”. CDK sits on top of the curses library and provides 22 ready to use widgets for rapid application development of text-based interfaces. CDK delivers many of the common widget types required for a robust interface. Widgets can be combined to create complex widgets if needed.
This package contains the header files and development libraries for the CDK library.
There are three methods to install libcdk5-dev
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 libcdk5-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 libcdk5-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcdk5-dev
Install libcdk5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcdk5-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcdk5-dev
Install libcdk5-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 libcdk5-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcdk5-dev
How To Uninstall libcdk5-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcdk5-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcdk5-dev
Uninstall libcdk5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcdk5-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdk5-dev
Remove libcdk5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcdk5-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcdk5-dev
Remove libcdk5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcdk5-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdk5-dev
Dependencies
libcdk5-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdk5-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.