How To Install libvisio-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvisio-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvisio-dev is library for parsing the visio file structure – development

Introduction

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

What is libvisio-dev

libvisio-dev is:

Libvisio is library providing ability to interpret and import visio diagrams into various applications.

This package contains the development files (headers, …)

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvisio-dev

Install libvisio-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvisio-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libvisio-dev

How To Uninstall libvisio-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libvisio-dev

Uninstall libvisio-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvisio-dev

Remove libvisio-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libvisio-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libvisio-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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