How To Install libsdl2-image-tests on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdl2-image-tests on Debian 12.

What is libsdl2-image-tests

libsdl2-image-tests is:

This is a simple library to load images of various formats as SDL surfaces. It supports the following formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, LBM, PCX, PNG, PNM, TGA, TIFF, WEBP, XCF, XPM, XV.

This package contains automated and manual tests.

There are three methods to install libsdl2-image-tests 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 libsdl2-image-tests Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsdl2-image-tests using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsdl2-image-tests

Install libsdl2-image-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsdl2-image-tests using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsdl2-image-tests

Install libsdl2-image-tests 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 libsdl2-image-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsdl2-image-tests

How To Uninstall libsdl2-image-tests on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libsdl2-image-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsdl2-image-tests

Uninstall libsdl2-image-tests And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsdl2-image-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsdl2-image-tests

Remove libsdl2-image-tests Configurations and Data

To remove libsdl2-image-tests configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsdl2-image-tests

Remove libsdl2-image-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsdl2-image-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsdl2-image-tests

Dependencies

libsdl2-image-tests have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsdl2-2.0-0
• libsdl2-image-2.0-0

References

• libsdl2-image-tests website
• libsdl2-image-tests on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdl2-image-tests package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.