How To Install libcolord2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolord2 on Debian 11.
What is libcolord2
libcolord2 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 a gobject-based convenience library for programs to interact with the colord system daemon.
There are three methods to install libcolord2 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 libcolord2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolord2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcolord2
Install libcolord2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolord2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcolord2
Install libcolord2 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 libcolord2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcolord2
How To Uninstall libcolord2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcolord2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcolord2
Uninstall libcolord2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcolord2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcolord2
Remove libcolord2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcolord2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcolord2
Remove libcolord2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcolord2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcolord2
Dependencies
libcolord2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolord2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.