How To Install libprison-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprison-dev on Debian 9. libprison-dev is barcode API for Qt - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprison-dev on Debian 9.

What is libprison-dev

libprison-dev is:

prison is a barcode API currently offering a nice Qt API to produce QRCode barcodes and DataMatrix barcodes, and can easily be made support more.

This package contains the development headers and files needed to create applications that use the prison library.

There are three methods to install libprison-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libprison-dev

Install libprison-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libprison-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libprison-dev

How To Uninstall libprison-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libprison-dev

Uninstall libprison-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprison-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprison-dev

Remove libprison-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libprison-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprison-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libprison-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprison-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.