How To Install libkdcraw-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdcraw-dev on Debian 9. libkdcraw-dev is RAW picture decoding library – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdcraw-dev on Debian 9.

What is libkdcraw-dev

libkdcraw-dev is:

Libkdcraw is a Qt interface to the libraw library used to decode RAW picture files.

This package contains the development files and the documentation. The library documentation is available in the kdcraw.h header file.

There are three methods to install libkdcraw-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libkdcraw-dev

Install libkdcraw-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkdcraw-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libkdcraw-dev

How To Uninstall libkdcraw-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libkdcraw-dev

Uninstall libkdcraw-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkdcraw-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkdcraw-dev

Remove libkdcraw-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkdcraw-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkdcraw-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libkdcraw-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdcraw-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.