How To Install libudf-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libudf-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libudf-dev is library to work with UDF filesystems (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libudf-dev

libudf-dev is:

This package contains development files (headers and static library) for the libudf library.

This library is made to read and write UDF filesystems; those filesystems are mainly used on DVDs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libudf-dev

Install libudf-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libudf-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libudf-dev

How To Uninstall libudf-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libudf-dev

Uninstall libudf-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libudf-dev

Remove libudf-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libudf-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libudf-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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