How To Install libpolyclipping-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolyclipping-dev on Debian 11. libpolyclipping-dev is Polygon and line clipping and offsetting library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libpolyclipping-dev

libpolyclipping-dev is:

The Clipper library performs polygon clipping, polygon offsetting and polyline offsetting. All four boolean clipping operations are supported - intersection, union, difference and exclusive-or. Also, there are no restrictions on the types of polygons that can be clipped - they can have holes, be self-intersecting, have coincident edges etc.

These are the files needed for compiling programs with libpolyclipping.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpolyclipping-dev

Install libpolyclipping-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpolyclipping-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpolyclipping-dev

How To Uninstall libpolyclipping-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libpolyclipping-dev

Uninstall libpolyclipping-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolyclipping-dev

Remove libpolyclipping-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpolyclipping-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpolyclipping-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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