How To Install libpigpiod-if2-1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpigpiod-if2-1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpigpiod-if2-1 is Client library for Raspberry Pi GPIO control

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpigpiod-if2-1 on Debian 12.

What is libpigpiod-if2-1

libpigpiod-if2-1 is:

Pigpio is a set of software which allows control of the General Purpose Input Outputs (GPIO) locally or remotely. Currently only the client side is Packaged in Debian as the server side is incompatible with Debian kernels.

This package provides the libpigpiod_if2 client library

There are three methods to install libpigpiod-if2-1 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 libpigpiod-if2-1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpigpiod-if2-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpigpiod-if2-1

Install libpigpiod-if2-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpigpiod-if2-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpigpiod-if2-1

Install libpigpiod-if2-1 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 libpigpiod-if2-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpigpiod-if2-1

How To Uninstall libpigpiod-if2-1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libpigpiod-if2-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpigpiod-if2-1

Uninstall libpigpiod-if2-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpigpiod-if2-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpigpiod-if2-1

Remove libpigpiod-if2-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libpigpiod-if2-1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpigpiod-if2-1

Remove libpigpiod-if2-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpigpiod-if2-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpigpiod-if2-1

Dependencies

libpigpiod-if2-1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpigpiod-if2-1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.