How To Install libsimage-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimage-dev on Debian 12.
What is libsimage-dev
libsimage-dev is:
The simage library provides a simplified and uniform interface to many image file format libraries, and it includes internal support for some image file formats too. The package ships development files.
There are three methods to install libsimage-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 libsimage-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 libsimage-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsimage-dev
Install libsimage-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsimage-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsimage-dev
Install libsimage-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 libsimage-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsimage-dev
How To Uninstall libsimage-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libsimage-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsimage-dev
Uninstall libsimage-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsimage-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsimage-dev
Remove libsimage-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsimage-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsimage-dev
Remove libsimage-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsimage-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsimage-dev
Dependencies
libsimage-dev have the following dependencies:
- libgif-dev
- libjpeg-dev
- libpng-dev
- libsimage20
- libsndfile1-dev
- libtiff-dev
- libvorbis-dev
- pkg-config
- zlib1g-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimage-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
