How To Install libgnomecanvas2-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnomecanvas2-dev on Debian 9.
What is libgnomecanvas2-dev
libgnomecanvas2-dev is:
The canvas widget is a powerful and extensible object-oriented display engine. A GnomeCanvasItem is a GtkObject representing some element of the display, such as an image, a rectangle, an ellipse, or some text. You can refer to this architecture as structured graphics; the canvas lets you deal with graphics in terms of items, rather than an undifferentiated grid of pixels.
There are three methods to install libgnomecanvas2-dev 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 libgnomecanvas2-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 libgnomecanvas2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnomecanvas2-dev
Install libgnomecanvas2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnomecanvas2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnomecanvas2-dev
Install libgnomecanvas2-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 libgnomecanvas2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnomecanvas2-dev
How To Uninstall libgnomecanvas2-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libgnomecanvas2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnomecanvas2-dev
Uninstall libgnomecanvas2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnomecanvas2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnomecanvas2-dev
Remove libgnomecanvas2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgnomecanvas2-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnomecanvas2-dev
Remove libgnomecanvas2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnomecanvas2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnomecanvas2-dev
Dependencies
libgnomecanvas2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnomecanvas2-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.