How To Install libplist-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libplist-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libplist-dev is Library for handling Apple binary and XML property lists - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplist-dev on Debian 10.

What is libplist-dev

libplist-dev is:

libplist is a library for reading and writing the Apple binary and XML property lists format. It’s part of the libimobiledevice stack, providing access to iDevices (iPod, iPhone, iPad …).

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libplist-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libplist-dev

Install libplist-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libplist-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libplist-dev

How To Uninstall libplist-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libplist-dev

Uninstall libplist-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplist-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplist-dev

Remove libplist-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libplist-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplist-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libplist-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplist-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.