How To Install libimgui-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimgui-dev on Debian 12.
What is libimgui-dev
libimgui-dev is:
Dear ImGui is a bloat-free graphical user interface library for C++. It outputs optimized vertex buffers that you can render anytime in your 3D-pipeline enabled application. It is fast, portable, renderer agnostic and self-contained (no external dependencies).
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libimgui-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 libimgui-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 libimgui-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libimgui-dev
Install libimgui-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libimgui-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libimgui-dev
Install libimgui-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 libimgui-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libimgui-dev
How To Uninstall libimgui-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libimgui-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libimgui-dev
Uninstall libimgui-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libimgui-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libimgui-dev
Remove libimgui-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libimgui-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libimgui-dev
Remove libimgui-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libimgui-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libimgui-dev
Dependencies
libimgui-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimgui-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
