How To Install libevas1-engines-x on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1-engines-x on Debian 11. libevas1-engines-x is Evas module providing the X11 engines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1-engines-x on Debian 11.

What is libevas1-engines-x

libevas1-engines-x is:

Evas is a clean display canvas API for several target display systems that can draw anti-aliased text, smooth super- and sub-sampled scaled images, alpha-blend objects and more.

It abstracts the graphics drawing characteristics of the display system by implementing a canvas where graphical objects can be created, manipulated, and modified. It then handles the rendering pipeline in an optimal way for the underlying device in order to minimize redraws, via a programmatically efficient API.

This is part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).

This package contains the X11-related Evas engine modules:

  • GL/X11
  • Software/X11 (Xlib/XCB)

There are three methods to install libevas1-engines-x on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libevas1-engines-x Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libevas1-engines-x using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libevas1-engines-x

Install libevas1-engines-x Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libevas1-engines-x using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libevas1-engines-x

Install libevas1-engines-x 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 libevas1-engines-x using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevas1-engines-x

How To Uninstall libevas1-engines-x on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libevas1-engines-x package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libevas1-engines-x

Uninstall libevas1-engines-x And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libevas1-engines-x and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevas1-engines-x

Remove libevas1-engines-x Configurations and Data

To remove libevas1-engines-x configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libevas1-engines-x

Remove libevas1-engines-x configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libevas1-engines-x configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevas1-engines-x

Dependencies

libevas1-engines-x have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1-engines-x package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.