How To Install libdraco-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdraco-dev
on Debian 12.
What is libdraco-dev
libdraco-dev is:
Draco is a library for compressing and decompressing 3D geometric meshes and point clouds. It is intended to improve the storage and transmission of 3D graphics.
Draco is designed and built for compression efficiency and speed. The code supports compressing points, connectivity information, texture coordinates, color information, normals, and any other generic attributes associated with geometry. With Draco, applications using 3D graphics can be significantly smaller without compromising visual fidelity. For users, this means apps can now be downloaded faster, 3D graphics in the browser can load quicker, and VR and AR scenes can now be transmitted with a fraction of the bandwidth and rendered quickly.
This package provides the development headers for the library.
There are three methods to install libdraco-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 libdraco-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 libdraco-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdraco-dev
Install libdraco-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdraco-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdraco-dev
Install libdraco-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 libdraco-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdraco-dev
How To Uninstall libdraco-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdraco-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdraco-dev
Uninstall libdraco-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdraco-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdraco-dev
Remove libdraco-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdraco-dev
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdraco-dev
Remove libdraco-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdraco-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdraco-dev
Dependencies
libdraco-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdraco-dev
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.