How To Install libplib-doc on Debian 11

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

Introduction

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

What is libplib-doc

libplib-doc is:

The Portability Libraries plib provide 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 contains HTML documentation and examples for plib. The documentation is a copy of the documentation which can be found online at http://plib.sourceforge.net/

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

sudo apt-get -y install libplib-doc

Install libplib-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libplib-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libplib-doc

How To Uninstall libplib-doc on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libplib-doc

Uninstall libplib-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplib-doc

Remove libplib-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libplib-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libplib-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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