How To Install libemf-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libemf-dev on Debian 12.
What is libemf-dev
libemf-dev is:
libEMF is a C/C++ library which provides a drawing toolkit based on ECMA-234. The general purpose of this library is to create vector graphics files on POSIX systems which can be imported into OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice. Times have changed, though. These days, you can import SVGs, or even PDFs, into OpenOffice or LibreOffice. Those are much better choices than EMF files.
This package contains the static libraries and headers for developing applications that use the libEMF library API.
There are three methods to install libemf-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 libemf-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 libemf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libemf-dev
Install libemf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libemf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libemf-dev
Install libemf-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 libemf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libemf-dev
How To Uninstall libemf-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libemf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libemf-dev
Uninstall libemf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libemf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libemf-dev
Remove libemf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libemf-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libemf-dev
Remove libemf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libemf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libemf-dev
Dependencies
libemf-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libemf-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
