How To Install libsquish0 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquish0 on Debian 11.
What is libsquish0
libsquish0 is:
libsquish is a lossy software DXT texture compression library. It implements the 3 useful DXT flavours (1,3,5) and has SIMD support for x86 (SSE) and powerpc (Altivec). It can be used (as a much slower software fallback) instead of the hardware implementations present on most modern graphics chips.
This package is the library itself.
There are three methods to install libsquish0 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsquish0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsquish0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsquish0
Install libsquish0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsquish0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsquish0
Install libsquish0 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 libsquish0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsquish0
How To Uninstall libsquish0 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libsquish0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsquish0
Uninstall libsquish0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsquish0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsquish0
Remove libsquish0 Configurations and Data
To remove libsquish0 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsquish0
Remove libsquish0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsquish0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsquish0
Dependencies
libsquish0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquish0 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
