How To Install libgav1-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgav1-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgav1-dev is AV1 decoder developed by Google – development kit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgav1-dev on Debian 12.

What is libgav1-dev

libgav1-dev is:

This package contains the header file and development library of gav1. Gav1 is A new decoder implementation for AV1 video encoding format (supporting profiles 0 and 1).

There are three methods to install libgav1-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgav1-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 libgav1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgav1-dev

Install libgav1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgav1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgav1-dev

Install libgav1-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 libgav1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgav1-dev

How To Uninstall libgav1-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgav1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgav1-dev

Uninstall libgav1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgav1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgav1-dev

Remove libgav1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgav1-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgav1-dev

Remove libgav1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgav1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgav1-dev

Dependencies

libgav1-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgav1-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.