How To Install libsavitar-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libsavitar-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libsavitar-dev is 3MF file handling library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsavitar-dev on Debian 12.

What is libsavitar-dev

libsavitar-dev is:

Savitar is a C++ library with Python 3 bindings for reading and writing 3MF files.

3MF is an interchange format for sharing 3D models and other 3D printing data between related software and 3D printers. It is XML based and standardised by the 3MF consortium.

This package contains C++ headers and other development files.

There are three methods to install libsavitar-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsavitar-dev

Install libsavitar-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsavitar-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsavitar-dev

How To Uninstall libsavitar-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libsavitar-dev

Uninstall libsavitar-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsavitar-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsavitar-dev

Remove libsavitar-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libsavitar-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsavitar-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsavitar-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsavitar-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.