How To Install libmuffin-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmuffin-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmuffin-dev is window and compositing manager (development files)

Introduction

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

What is `libmuffin-dev`

libmuffin-dev is:

Muffin is a window manager performing compositing as well based on GTK+ and Clutter and used in Cinnamon desktop environment.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmuffin-dev

Install libmuffin-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmuffin-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmuffin-dev

How To Uninstall libmuffin-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libmuffin-dev

Uninstall libmuffin-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmuffin-dev

Remove libmuffin-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmuffin-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmuffin-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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