How To Install libdockapp-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libdockapp-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libdockapp-dev is Window Maker Dock App support (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libdockapp-dev

libdockapp-dev is:

Simple library that eases the creation of Window Maker dock apps. It provides functions that set up a dock app in such a way that they can be properly docked. It also provides some event handlers and makes it very simple to write dockapps.

This package contains the static library and the required headers. Use it to compile programs which use libdockapp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdockapp-dev

Install libdockapp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdockapp-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libdockapp-dev

How To Uninstall libdockapp-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libdockapp-dev

Uninstall libdockapp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdockapp-dev

Remove libdockapp-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdockapp-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libdockapp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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