How To Install libseat-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libseat-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libseat-dev is flexible user, seat and session management library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libseat-dev

libseat-dev is:

seatd session management development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libseat-dev

Install libseat-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libseat-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libseat-dev

How To Uninstall libseat-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libseat-dev

Uninstall libseat-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libseat-dev

Remove libseat-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libseat-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libseat-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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