How To Install libgaminggear-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgaminggear-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgaminggear-dev is Functionalities for gaming input devices (devel)

Introduction

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

What is libgaminggear-dev

libgaminggear-dev is:

Libgaminggear contains functionalities for tools interacting with gaming hardware. This package provides the headers files needed to develop using this library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgaminggear-dev

Install libgaminggear-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgaminggear-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgaminggear-dev

How To Uninstall libgaminggear-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libgaminggear-dev

Uninstall libgaminggear-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgaminggear-dev

Remove libgaminggear-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgaminggear-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgaminggear-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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