How To Install libwim-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libwim-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libwim-dev is Library for manipulating Windows Imaging files - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwim-dev on Debian 10.

What is libwim-dev

libwim-dev is:

wimlib is a C library for extracting, creating, modifying, and mounting WIM (Windows Imaging) files.

This package contains the static library and header files

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwim-dev

Install libwim-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwim-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwim-dev

How To Uninstall libwim-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libwim-dev

Uninstall libwim-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwim-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwim-dev

Remove libwim-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwim-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwim-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwim-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwim-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.