How To Install libharfbuzz-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libharfbuzz-dev on Debian 12.
What is libharfbuzz-dev
libharfbuzz-dev is:
HarfBuzz is an implementation of the OpenType Layout engine (aka layout engine) and the script-specific logic (aka shaping engine).
This package contains the header files and static libraries for the HarfBuzz library.
There are three methods to install libharfbuzz-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 libharfbuzz-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 libharfbuzz-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libharfbuzz-dev
Install libharfbuzz-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libharfbuzz-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libharfbuzz-dev
Install libharfbuzz-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 libharfbuzz-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libharfbuzz-dev
How To Uninstall libharfbuzz-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libharfbuzz-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libharfbuzz-dev
Uninstall libharfbuzz-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libharfbuzz-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libharfbuzz-dev
Remove libharfbuzz-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libharfbuzz-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libharfbuzz-dev
Remove libharfbuzz-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libharfbuzz-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libharfbuzz-dev
Dependencies
libharfbuzz-dev have the following dependencies:
- libharfbuzz0b
- libharfbuzz-icu0
- libharfbuzz-gobject0
- libharfbuzz-subset0
- gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0
- libglib2.0-dev
- libgraphite2-dev
- libicu-dev
- libfreetype-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libharfbuzz-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
