How To Install libifcplusplus-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libifcplusplus-dev on Debian 11. libifcplusplus-dev is Reader and writer for IFC files in STEP format - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libifcplusplus-dev on Debian 11.

What is libifcplusplus-dev

libifcplusplus-dev is:

IfcPlusPlus is an open source C++ class model, as well as a reader and writer for IFC files in STEP format.

Features:

  • easy and efficient memory management using smart pointers
  • parallel reader for very fast parsing on multi-core CPU’s

Additionally, there’s a simple IFC viewer application, using Qt and OpenSceneGraph.

This package contains the headers for building programs that use IFCplusplus.

There are three methods to install libifcplusplus-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libifcplusplus-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 libifcplusplus-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libifcplusplus-dev

Install libifcplusplus-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libifcplusplus-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libifcplusplus-dev

How To Uninstall libifcplusplus-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libifcplusplus-dev

Uninstall libifcplusplus-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libifcplusplus-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libifcplusplus-dev

Remove libifcplusplus-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libifcplusplus-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libifcplusplus-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libifcplusplus-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libifcplusplus-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.