How To Install libdirectfb-bin on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdirectfb-bin on Debian 9.

What is libdirectfb-bin

libdirectfb-bin is:

DirectFB is a graphics library which was designed with embedded systems in mind. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a minimum of resource usage and overhead.

This package contains the DirectFB background configuration tool and the source generation tool.

There are three methods to install libdirectfb-bin 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 libdirectfb-bin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdirectfb-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdirectfb-bin

Install libdirectfb-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdirectfb-bin

Install libdirectfb-bin 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 libdirectfb-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdirectfb-bin

How To Uninstall libdirectfb-bin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libdirectfb-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdirectfb-bin

Uninstall libdirectfb-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdirectfb-bin

Remove libdirectfb-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdirectfb-bin

Remove libdirectfb-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdirectfb-bin

Dependencies

libdirectfb-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdirectfb-1.2-9
• libfreetype6
• libpng16-16

References

• libdirectfb-bin website

Summary

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