How To Install libexempi8 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexempi8 on Debian 11.
What is libexempi8
libexempi8 is:
Exempi is a library to parse XMP metadata as defined by the specification.
XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) facilitates embedding metadata in files using a subset of RDF. Most notably XMP supports embedding metadata in PDF and many image formats, though it is designed to support nearly any file type.
There are three methods to install libexempi8 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 libexempi8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libexempi8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libexempi8
Install libexempi8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libexempi8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libexempi8
Install libexempi8 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 libexempi8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libexempi8
How To Uninstall libexempi8 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libexempi8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libexempi8
Uninstall libexempi8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libexempi8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexempi8
Remove libexempi8 Configurations and Data
To remove libexempi8 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libexempi8
Remove libexempi8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libexempi8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexempi8
Dependencies
libexempi8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexempi8 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
