How To Install libgvc6 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvc6 on Debian 10.
What is libgvc6
libgvc6 is:
Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.
This package contains the gvc library.
There are three methods to install libgvc6 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgvc6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgvc6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgvc6
Install libgvc6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgvc6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgvc6
Install libgvc6 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 libgvc6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgvc6
How To Uninstall libgvc6 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libgvc6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgvc6
Uninstall libgvc6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgvc6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgvc6
Remove libgvc6 Configurations and Data
To remove libgvc6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgvc6
Remove libgvc6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgvc6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgvc6
Dependencies
libgvc6 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcdt5
- libcgraph6
- libexpat1
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgd3
- libglib2.0-0
- libgts-0.7-5
- libltdl7
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpathplan4
- libx11-6
- libxdot4
- libxrender1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvc6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
