How To Install libwireplumber-0.4-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libwireplumber-0.4-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libwireplumber-0.4-dev is Development files for WirePlumber

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireplumber-0.4-dev on Debian 12.

What is libwireplumber-0.4-dev

libwireplumber-0.4-dev is:

WirePlumber is a modular session / policy manager for PipeWire and a GObject-based high-level library that wraps PipeWire’s API, providing convenience for writing the daemon’s modules as well as external tools for managing PipeWire.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libwireplumber-0.4-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 libwireplumber-0.4-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 libwireplumber-0.4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwireplumber-0.4-dev

Install libwireplumber-0.4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwireplumber-0.4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwireplumber-0.4-dev

Install libwireplumber-0.4-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 libwireplumber-0.4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwireplumber-0.4-dev

How To Uninstall libwireplumber-0.4-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libwireplumber-0.4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwireplumber-0.4-dev

Uninstall libwireplumber-0.4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwireplumber-0.4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwireplumber-0.4-dev

Remove libwireplumber-0.4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwireplumber-0.4-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwireplumber-0.4-dev

Remove libwireplumber-0.4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwireplumber-0.4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwireplumber-0.4-dev

Dependencies

libwireplumber-0.4-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwireplumber-0.4-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.