How To Install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev is WPE backend for FreeDesktop.org - Development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev on Debian 12.

What is libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev

libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev is:

WPE WebKit is a port of the WebKit browser engine optimized for embedded devices. The code itself is hardware-agnostic, and the platform-specific bits are implemented in backends.

wpebackend-fdo provides a reference WPE backend implementation using FreeDesktop.org technologies (Wayland protocol and the Wayland EGL platform) to enable integration into the WPE WebKit process model.

In addition to WPE WebKit, wpebackend-fdo is also used by WebKitGTK to implement hardware-accelerated rendering under Wayland.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-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 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-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 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev

Install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev

Install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-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 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev

How To Uninstall libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev

Uninstall libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev

Remove libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev

Remove libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev

Dependencies

libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.