How To Install libebackend1.2-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libebackend1.2-dev on Debian 9. libebackend1.2-dev is Utility library for evolution data servers (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libebackend1.2-dev on Debian 9.

What is libebackend1.2-dev

libebackend1.2-dev is:

This package contains header files and static library for libebackend.

libebackend is a utility library for evolution-data-server providing backend function to access data.

Evolution is the integrated mail, calendar, task and address book distributed suite from Novell, Inc.

There are three methods to install libebackend1.2-dev 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 libebackend1.2-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 libebackend1.2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libebackend1.2-dev

Install libebackend1.2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libebackend1.2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libebackend1.2-dev

Install libebackend1.2-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 libebackend1.2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libebackend1.2-dev

How To Uninstall libebackend1.2-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libebackend1.2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libebackend1.2-dev

Uninstall libebackend1.2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libebackend1.2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libebackend1.2-dev

Remove libebackend1.2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libebackend1.2-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libebackend1.2-dev

Remove libebackend1.2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libebackend1.2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libebackend1.2-dev

Dependencies

libebackend1.2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libebackend1.2-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.