How To Install waylandpp-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install waylandpp-dev on Debian 12.
What is waylandpp-dev
waylandpp-dev is:
Wayland is a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a C library implementation of that protocol. The compositor can be a standalone display server running on Linux kernel modesetting and evdev input devices, an X application, or a wayland client itself. The clients can be traditional applications, X servers (rootless or fullscreen) or other display servers.
This package ships the C++ bindings for the development libraries.
There are three methods to install waylandpp-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 waylandpp-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 waylandpp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install waylandpp-dev
Install waylandpp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install waylandpp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install waylandpp-dev
Install waylandpp-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 waylandpp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install waylandpp-dev
How To Uninstall waylandpp-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the waylandpp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove waylandpp-dev
Uninstall waylandpp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall waylandpp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove waylandpp-dev
Remove waylandpp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove waylandpp-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge waylandpp-dev
Remove waylandpp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove waylandpp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge waylandpp-dev
Dependencies
waylandpp-dev have the following dependencies:
- libwayland-client++1
- libwayland-client-extra++1
- libwayland-cursor++1
- libwayland-egl++1
- libwayland-server++1
- wayland-scanner++
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install waylandpp-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
