How To Install libopenrpt-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libopenrpt-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libopenrpt-dev is graphical SQL report writer, designer and rendering engine (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenrpt-dev on Debian 10.

What is libopenrpt-dev

libopenrpt-dev is:

Graphical SQL report writer, designer and rendering engine, optimized for PostgreSQL. WYSIWYG display, GUI built with Qt. Reports can be saved as XML, either as files or in a database.

This package contains the static development library and its headers.

There are three methods to install libopenrpt-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopenrpt-dev

Install libopenrpt-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenrpt-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopenrpt-dev

How To Uninstall libopenrpt-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenrpt-dev

Uninstall libopenrpt-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenrpt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenrpt-dev

Remove libopenrpt-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopenrpt-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenrpt-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopenrpt-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenrpt-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.