How To Install libgrail-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrail-dev on Debian 12.
What is libgrail-dev
libgrail-dev is:
This library consists of an interface and tools for handling gesture recognition and gesture instantiation. Applications can use the grail callbacks to receive gesture primitives and raw input events from the underlying kernel device.
This package contains files that are needed to build applications.
There are three methods to install libgrail-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 libgrail-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 libgrail-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgrail-dev
Install libgrail-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgrail-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgrail-dev
Install libgrail-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 libgrail-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgrail-dev
How To Uninstall libgrail-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgrail-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgrail-dev
Uninstall libgrail-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgrail-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgrail-dev
Remove libgrail-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgrail-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgrail-dev
Remove libgrail-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgrail-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgrail-dev
Dependencies
libgrail-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrail-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
