How To Install libwlroots-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlroots-dev on Debian 12.
What is libwlroots-dev
libwlroots-dev is:
wlroots is a set of pluggable, composable modules to build a Wayland compositor.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install libwlroots-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 libwlroots-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 libwlroots-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwlroots-dev
Install libwlroots-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwlroots-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwlroots-dev
Install libwlroots-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 libwlroots-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwlroots-dev
How To Uninstall libwlroots-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libwlroots-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwlroots-dev
Uninstall libwlroots-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwlroots-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwlroots-dev
Remove libwlroots-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwlroots-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwlroots-dev
Remove libwlroots-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwlroots-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwlroots-dev
Dependencies
libwlroots-dev have the following dependencies:
- libwlroots10
- libcap-dev
- libdrm-dev
- libegl1-mesa-dev
- libgbm-dev
- libgles2-mesa-dev
- libinput-dev
- libpixman-1-dev
- libseat-dev
- libsystemd-dev
- libwayland-dev
- libxcb1-dev
- libxcb-composite0-dev
- libxcb-dri3-dev
- libxcb-icccm4-dev
- libxcb-image0-dev
- libxcb-present-dev
- libxcb-render0-dev
- libxcb-render-util0-dev
- libxcb-res0-dev
- libxcb-xfixes0-dev
- libxcb-xinput-dev
- libxkbcommon-dev
- libx11-xcb-dev
- wayland-protocols
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlroots-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
