How To Install libwxsvg-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install libwxsvg-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libwxsvg-tools is SVG library for the wxWidgets toolkit (tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwxsvg-tools on Debian 12.

What is libwxsvg-tools

libwxsvg-tools is:

wxSVG is a C++ library to create, manipulate and render Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files with the wxWidgets toolkit.

This package contains the svgviewer tool

There are three methods to install libwxsvg-tools 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 libwxsvg-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwxsvg-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwxsvg-tools

Install libwxsvg-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwxsvg-tools

Install libwxsvg-tools 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 libwxsvg-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwxsvg-tools

How To Uninstall libwxsvg-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libwxsvg-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwxsvg-tools

Uninstall libwxsvg-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwxsvg-tools

Remove libwxsvg-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libwxsvg-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwxsvg-tools

Remove libwxsvg-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwxsvg-tools

Dependencies

libwxsvg-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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