How To Install libgdiplus on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdiplus on Debian 9.

What is libgdiplus

libgdiplus is:

This package contains a GDI+ API compatible implementation needed by the System.Drawing library of Mono.

There are three methods to install libgdiplus on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgdiplus Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgdiplus

Install libgdiplus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdiplus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgdiplus

Install libgdiplus 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 libgdiplus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdiplus

How To Uninstall libgdiplus on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgdiplus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdiplus

Uninstall libgdiplus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdiplus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdiplus

Remove libgdiplus Configurations and Data

To remove libgdiplus configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdiplus

Remove libgdiplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdiplus

Dependencies

libgdiplus have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libexif12
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgif7
• libglib2.0-0
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libpng16-16
• libtiff5
• libx11-6
• libxrender1
• zlib1g

References

• libgdiplus website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdiplus package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.