How To Install libplib-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplib-dev on Debian 11. libplib-dev is Portability Libraries

Introduction

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

What is libplib-dev

libplib-dev is:

Provides a Joystick interface, a simple GUI built on top of OpenGL, some standard geometry functions, a sound library and a simple scene graph API built on top of OpenGL.

This package provides the static libraries, the header files and the development links to the shared libraries. You need this package if you want to compile software which needs plib.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libplib-dev

Install libplib-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libplib-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libplib-dev

How To Uninstall libplib-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libplib-dev

Uninstall libplib-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplib-dev

Remove libplib-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libplib-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libplib-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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