How To Install libpgm2asc-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpgm2asc-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpgm2asc-dev is Command line OCR - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgm2asc-dev on Debian 12.

What is libpgm2asc-dev

libpgm2asc-dev is:

This is a multi-platform OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program.

It can read pnm, pbm, pgm, ppm, some pcx and tga image files.

These are the development files.

There are three methods to install libpgm2asc-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 libpgm2asc-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 libpgm2asc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpgm2asc-dev

Install libpgm2asc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpgm2asc-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpgm2asc-dev

Install libpgm2asc-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 libpgm2asc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpgm2asc-dev

How To Uninstall libpgm2asc-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libpgm2asc-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpgm2asc-dev

Uninstall libpgm2asc-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpgm2asc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpgm2asc-dev

Remove libpgm2asc-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpgm2asc-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpgm2asc-dev

Remove libpgm2asc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpgm2asc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpgm2asc-dev

Dependencies

libpgm2asc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgm2asc-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.