How To Install libcolorhug-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolorhug-dev on Debian 9. libcolorhug-dev is library to access the ColorHug colourimeter – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolorhug-dev on Debian 9.

What is libcolorhug-dev

libcolorhug-dev is:

libcolorhug is a gobject-based library for using the ColorHug display colourimeter. It supports both reading values from the colourimeter and device administration, such as firmware updates.

This package contains the development files required to build programs against the libcolorhug library.

There are three methods to install libcolorhug-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcolorhug-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 libcolorhug-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcolorhug-dev

Install libcolorhug-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcolorhug-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcolorhug-dev

Install libcolorhug-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 libcolorhug-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcolorhug-dev

How To Uninstall libcolorhug-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcolorhug-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcolorhug-dev

Uninstall libcolorhug-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcolorhug-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcolorhug-dev

Remove libcolorhug-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcolorhug-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcolorhug-dev

Remove libcolorhug-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcolorhug-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcolorhug-dev

Dependencies

libcolorhug-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolorhug-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.