How To Install libmagickcore-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmagickcore-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmagickcore-dev is low-level image manipulation library – dummy package

Introduction

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

What is libmagickcore-dev

libmagickcore-dev is:

This package included header files and static libraries needed to compile programs using MagickCore.

This is a transitional package to help migrate systems to the new ABI of libmagickcore-6 development files for default channel depth.

This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmagickcore-dev

Install libmagickcore-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmagickcore-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmagickcore-dev

How To Uninstall libmagickcore-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libmagickcore-dev

Uninstall libmagickcore-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagickcore-dev

Remove libmagickcore-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmagickcore-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmagickcore-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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