How To Install libquicktime-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libquicktime-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libquicktime-dev is library for reading and writing Quicktime files (development)

Introduction

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

What is libquicktime-dev

libquicktime-dev is:

libquicktime is a library for reading and writing QuickTime files on UNIX systems. Video CODECs supported by this library are OpenDivX, MJPA, JPEG Photo, PNG, RGB, YUV 4:2:2, and YUV 4:2:0 compression. Supported audio CODECs are Ogg Vorbis, IMA4, ulaw, and any linear PCM format.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libquicktime-dev

Install libquicktime-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libquicktime-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libquicktime-dev

How To Uninstall libquicktime-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libquicktime-dev

Uninstall libquicktime-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquicktime-dev

Remove libquicktime-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libquicktime-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libquicktime-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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