How To Install libtinyobjloader-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libtinyobjloader-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libtinyobjloader-dev is Tiny but powerful wavefront OBJ loader (header)

Introduction

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

What is libtinyobjloader-dev

libtinyobjloader-dev is:

tinyobjloader is a single file wavefront OBJ loader written in C++. It has no dependencies except the STL, and can parse over 10M polygons with moderate amounts of memory and time.

This package provides the C++ header for development.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtinyobjloader-dev

Install libtinyobjloader-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtinyobjloader-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtinyobjloader-dev

How To Uninstall libtinyobjloader-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libtinyobjloader-dev

Uninstall libtinyobjloader-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtinyobjloader-dev

Remove libtinyobjloader-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtinyobjloader-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtinyobjloader-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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