How To Install libopenthreads-dev on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenthreads-dev on Debian 11.

What is libopenthreads-dev

libopenthreads-dev is:

This library is intended to provide a minimal & complete Object-Oriented (OO) thread interface for C++ programmers, used primarily in OpenSceneGraph. It is loosely modeled on the Java thread API, and the POSIX Threads standards.

This package contains the development headers.

There are three methods to install libopenthreads-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopenthreads-dev

Install libopenthreads-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenthreads-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopenthreads-dev

How To Uninstall libopenthreads-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenthreads-dev

Uninstall libopenthreads-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenthreads-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenthreads-dev

Remove libopenthreads-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopenthreads-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenthreads-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopenthreads-dev have the following dependencies:

• libopenthreads21

References

• libopenthreads-dev website
• libopenthreads-dev on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenthreads-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.