How To Install libevas-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas-dev on Debian 9. libevas-dev is Enlightenment DR17 advanced canvas library development files

Introduction

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

What is libevas-dev

libevas-dev is:

Evas is an advanced canvas library, providing six engines for rendering: X11, OpenGL (hardware accelerated), DirectFB, the framebuffer, Microsoft Windows and Qtopia.

Due to its simple API, evas can be developed with rapidly, and cleanly.

This package provides headers and static libraries required to develop against evas.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libevas-dev

Install libevas-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libevas-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libevas-dev

How To Uninstall libevas-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libevas-dev

Uninstall libevas-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevas-dev

Remove libevas-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libevas-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libevas-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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