How To Install libcinnamon-desktop-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcinnamon-desktop-dev on Debian 12.
What is libcinnamon-desktop-dev
libcinnamon-desktop-dev is:
This package provides the include files and static library for the Cinnamon desktop library functions.
There are three methods to install libcinnamon-desktop-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 libcinnamon-desktop-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 libcinnamon-desktop-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcinnamon-desktop-dev
Install libcinnamon-desktop-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcinnamon-desktop-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcinnamon-desktop-dev
Install libcinnamon-desktop-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 libcinnamon-desktop-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcinnamon-desktop-dev
How To Uninstall libcinnamon-desktop-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcinnamon-desktop-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcinnamon-desktop-dev
Uninstall libcinnamon-desktop-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcinnamon-desktop-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcinnamon-desktop-dev
Remove libcinnamon-desktop-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcinnamon-desktop-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcinnamon-desktop-dev
Remove libcinnamon-desktop-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcinnamon-desktop-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcinnamon-desktop-dev
Dependencies
libcinnamon-desktop-dev have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0
- gir1.2-cvc-1.0
- libcinnamon-desktop4
- libcvc0
- libgtk-3-dev
- libpulse-dev
- libxkbfile-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcinnamon-desktop-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
