How To Install libwmf-bin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-bin on Debian 9.
What is libwmf-bin
libwmf-bin is:
Windows metafile (WMF) is a picture format used by many Windows programs, e.g. Microsoft Word. libwmf is a library for interpreting metafile images and either displaying them using X or converting them to standard formats such as PNG, JPEG, PS, EPS and SVG(Z)…
This package contains several frontends to libwmf (wmf2x, wmf2gd, wmf2fig, wmf2eps, wmf2svg).
There are three methods to install libwmf-bin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwmf-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwmf-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwmf-bin
Install libwmf-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwmf-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwmf-bin
Install libwmf-bin 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 libwmf-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwmf-bin
How To Uninstall libwmf-bin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwmf-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwmf-bin
Uninstall libwmf-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwmf-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwmf-bin
Remove libwmf-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libwmf-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwmf-bin
Remove libwmf-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwmf-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwmf-bin
Dependencies
libwmf-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.