How To Install libvaladoc-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc-dev on Debian 9. libvaladoc-dev is API documentation generator for vala (devel files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc-dev on Debian 9.

What is libvaladoc-dev

libvaladoc-dev is:

Valadoc is a documentation generator for generating API documentation in HTML format from Vala source code. It can be used for *.vala and *.vapi files.

This package contains the devel files for the valdoc library.

There are three methods to install libvaladoc-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libvaladoc-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 libvaladoc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvaladoc-dev

Install libvaladoc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvaladoc-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libvaladoc-dev

How To Uninstall libvaladoc-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libvaladoc-dev

Uninstall libvaladoc-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvaladoc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvaladoc-dev

Remove libvaladoc-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libvaladoc-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvaladoc-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libvaladoc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.