How To Install libexif-gtk-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libexif-gtk-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libexif-gtk-dev is Library providing GTK+ widgets to display/edit EXIF tags (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexif-gtk-dev on Debian 10.

What is libexif-gtk-dev

libexif-gtk-dev is:

Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with extra tags that contain information about the image. The EXIF library allows you to parse an EXIF file and read the data from those tags.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libexif-gtk-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libexif-gtk-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 libexif-gtk-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libexif-gtk-dev

Install libexif-gtk-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libexif-gtk-dev

Install libexif-gtk-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 libexif-gtk-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexif-gtk-dev

How To Uninstall libexif-gtk-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libexif-gtk-dev

Uninstall libexif-gtk-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libexif-gtk-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexif-gtk-dev

Remove libexif-gtk-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libexif-gtk-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libexif-gtk-dev

Remove libexif-gtk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexif-gtk-dev

Dependencies

libexif-gtk-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexif-gtk-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.