How To Install libwaffle-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwaffle-dev on Debian 10.
What is libwaffle-dev
libwaffle-dev is:
A library for selecting an OpenGL API and window system at runtime
This package provides the development environment for compiling programs against the waffle library.
There are three methods to install libwaffle-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwaffle-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 libwaffle-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwaffle-dev
Install libwaffle-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwaffle-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwaffle-dev
Install libwaffle-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 libwaffle-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwaffle-dev
How To Uninstall libwaffle-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libwaffle-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwaffle-dev
Uninstall libwaffle-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwaffle-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwaffle-dev
Remove libwaffle-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwaffle-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwaffle-dev
Remove libwaffle-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwaffle-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwaffle-dev
Dependencies
libwaffle-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwaffle-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.