How To Install libexif-gtk5 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexif-gtk5 on Debian 11. libexif-gtk5 is Library providing GTK+ 2.0 widgets to display/edit EXIF tags

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexif-gtk5 on Debian 11.

What is libexif-gtk5

libexif-gtk5 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 library provides GTK+ widgets to display/edit EXIF tags.

This is the legacy version, built against GTK+ 2.0.

There are three methods to install libexif-gtk5 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 libexif-gtk5 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-gtk5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libexif-gtk5

Install libexif-gtk5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libexif-gtk5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libexif-gtk5

Install libexif-gtk5 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-gtk5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexif-gtk5

How To Uninstall libexif-gtk5 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libexif-gtk5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libexif-gtk5

Uninstall libexif-gtk5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libexif-gtk5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexif-gtk5

Remove libexif-gtk5 Configurations and Data

To remove libexif-gtk5 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libexif-gtk5

Remove libexif-gtk5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libexif-gtk5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexif-gtk5

Dependencies

libexif-gtk5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexif-gtk5 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.