How To Install libxv-dev on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxv-dev on Debian 9.

What is libxv-dev

libxv-dev is:

libXv provides an X Window System client interface to the XVideo extension to the X protocol.

The XVideo extension allows for accelerated drawing of videos. Hardware adaptors are exposed to clients, which may draw in a number of colourspaces, including YUV.

This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxv1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org

This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXv

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxv-dev

Install libxv-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxv-dev

Install libxv-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 libxv-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxv-dev

How To Uninstall libxv-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libxv-dev

Uninstall libxv-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxv-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxv-dev

Remove libxv-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxv-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxv-dev

Remove libxv-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxv-dev

Dependencies

libxv-dev have the following dependencies:

• libxv1

References

• libxv-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxv-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.