How To Install libdjvulibre-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdjvulibre-dev on Debian 12.
What is libdjvulibre-dev
libdjvulibre-dev is:
DjVu image format static library and development files.
DjVu is a set of compression technologies, a file format, and a software platform for the delivery over the Web of digital documents, scanned documents, and high resolution images.
DjVu documents download and display extremely quickly, and look exactly the same on all platforms. DjVu can be seen as a superior alternative to PDF and Postscript for digital documents, to TIFF (and PDF) for scanned documents, to JPEG for photographs and pictures, and to GIF for large palettized images. DjVu is the only Web format that is practical for distributing high-resolution scanned documents in color.
There are three methods to install libdjvulibre-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 libdjvulibre-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 libdjvulibre-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdjvulibre-dev
Install libdjvulibre-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdjvulibre-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdjvulibre-dev
Install libdjvulibre-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 libdjvulibre-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdjvulibre-dev
How To Uninstall libdjvulibre-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdjvulibre-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdjvulibre-dev
Uninstall libdjvulibre-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdjvulibre-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdjvulibre-dev
Remove libdjvulibre-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdjvulibre-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdjvulibre-dev
Remove libdjvulibre-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdjvulibre-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdjvulibre-dev
Dependencies
libdjvulibre-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdjvulibre-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
