How To Install libgutenprintui2-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgutenprintui2-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgutenprintui2-dev is development files for the Gutenprint printer driver user interface library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgutenprintui2-dev on Debian 12.

What is libgutenprintui2-dev

libgutenprintui2-dev is:

This package contains the header files for the libgutenprintui library, along with a static version of libgutenprintui. libgutenprintui contains GTK+ widgets which may be used for print dialogs etc. for use with libgutenprint.

Install this package if you wish to develop packages that use libgutenprintui.

Gutenprint is the print facility for the GIMP, and in addition a suite of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems using GhostScript or CUPS. These drivers provide printing quality for UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in many cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks. Gutenprint was formerly known as Gimp-Print.

There are three methods to install libgutenprintui2-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 libgutenprintui2-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 libgutenprintui2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgutenprintui2-dev

Install libgutenprintui2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgutenprintui2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgutenprintui2-dev

Install libgutenprintui2-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 libgutenprintui2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgutenprintui2-dev

How To Uninstall libgutenprintui2-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgutenprintui2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgutenprintui2-dev

Uninstall libgutenprintui2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgutenprintui2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgutenprintui2-dev

Remove libgutenprintui2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgutenprintui2-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgutenprintui2-dev

Remove libgutenprintui2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgutenprintui2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgutenprintui2-dev

Dependencies

libgutenprintui2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgutenprintui2-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.