How To Install libcolord-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolord-dev on Debian 12.
What is libcolord-dev
libcolord-dev is:
colord is a system service that makes it easy to manage, install and generate colour profiles to accurately colour manage input and output devices.
It provides a D-Bus API for system frameworks to query, a persistent data store, and a mechanism for session applications to set system policy.
This package contains the development files required to build programs against the libcolord library.
There are three methods to install libcolord-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 libcolord-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 libcolord-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcolord-dev
Install libcolord-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolord-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcolord-dev
Install libcolord-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 libcolord-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcolord-dev
How To Uninstall libcolord-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcolord-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcolord-dev
Uninstall libcolord-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcolord-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcolord-dev
Remove libcolord-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcolord-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcolord-dev
Remove libcolord-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcolord-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcolord-dev
Dependencies
libcolord-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolord-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
