How To Install libemf2svg-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libemf2svg-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libemf2svg-dev is Enhanced Metafile to SVG conversion library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemf2svg-dev on Debian 12.

What is libemf2svg-dev

libemf2svg-dev is:

By themselves, EMF/EMF+ files are rare in the wild. However, they are frequently embedded inside other Microsoft file formats. This project could be used to handle EMF blobs in any Microsoft formats.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libemf2svg-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 libemf2svg-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 libemf2svg-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libemf2svg-dev

Install libemf2svg-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libemf2svg-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libemf2svg-dev

Install libemf2svg-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 libemf2svg-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libemf2svg-dev

How To Uninstall libemf2svg-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libemf2svg-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libemf2svg-dev

Uninstall libemf2svg-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libemf2svg-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libemf2svg-dev

Remove libemf2svg-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libemf2svg-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libemf2svg-dev

Remove libemf2svg-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libemf2svg-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libemf2svg-dev

Dependencies

libemf2svg-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemf2svg-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.