How To Install libvgdml-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvgdml-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvgdml-dev is GDML interoperability library for VecGeom - headers

Introduction

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

What is libvgdml-dev

libvgdml-dev is:

VecGeom is a vectorized geometry modeller library with hit-detection features as needed by particle detector simulation at the LHC and beyond.

This package includes the headers for libvgdml.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvgdml-dev

Install libvgdml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvgdml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libvgdml-dev

How To Uninstall libvgdml-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libvgdml-dev

Uninstall libvgdml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvgdml-dev

Remove libvgdml-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libvgdml-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libvgdml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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