How To Install liblouisxml-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install liblouisxml-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. liblouisxml-dev is Braille XML translation library - static libs and headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouisxml-dev on Debian 12.

What is liblouisxml-dev

liblouisxml-dev is:

Liblouisxml translates files in the computer lingua franca xml format into properly transcribed braille. This includes translation into grade two, if desired, mathematical codes, etc. It also includes formatting according to a built-in style sheet which can be modified by the user.

This package contains static libraries and development headers.

There are three methods to install liblouisxml-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 liblouisxml-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 liblouisxml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblouisxml-dev

Install liblouisxml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblouisxml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblouisxml-dev

How To Uninstall liblouisxml-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove liblouisxml-dev

Uninstall liblouisxml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblouisxml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblouisxml-dev

Remove liblouisxml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblouisxml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblouisxml-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblouisxml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouisxml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.