How To Install libcryptui-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libcryptui-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libcryptui-dev is UI library for OpenPGP prompts (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcryptui-dev on Debian 12.

What is libcryptui-dev

libcryptui-dev is:

CryptUI is a library to manage OpenPGP prompts on GUI applications.

This package contains the development files and documentation needed to build applications using the CryptUI library.

There are three methods to install libcryptui-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 libcryptui-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 libcryptui-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcryptui-dev

Install libcryptui-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcryptui-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcryptui-dev

How To Uninstall libcryptui-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libcryptui-dev

Uninstall libcryptui-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcryptui-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcryptui-dev

Remove libcryptui-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcryptui-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcryptui-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcryptui-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcryptui-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.