How To Install lxpanel-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install lxpanel-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. lxpanel-dev is LXDE panel (plugins development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxpanel-dev on Debian 10.

What is lxpanel-dev

lxpanel-dev is:

LXPanel is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).

This package contains header files required for plugins development and depends on other relevant packages for such task.

There are three methods to install lxpanel-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lxpanel-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 lxpanel-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lxpanel-dev

Install lxpanel-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lxpanel-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install lxpanel-dev

How To Uninstall lxpanel-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove lxpanel-dev

Uninstall lxpanel-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lxpanel-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxpanel-dev

Remove lxpanel-dev Configurations and Data

To remove lxpanel-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lxpanel-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

lxpanel-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxpanel-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.