How to Install and Uninstall build-essential Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "build-essential" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install build-essential on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                build-essential
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "build-essential" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall build-essential on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                build-essential
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the build-essential package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: build-essential
Version: 12.6
Installed-Size: 20
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc (>= 4:8.3), g++ (>= 4:8.3), make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11)
Description: Informational list of build-essential packages
Description-md5: 90ef0ef86cafda0bd16f746eb621d9da
Build-Essential: yes
Tag: devel::packaging, interface::commandline, role::data, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/build-essential/build-essential_12.6_amd64.deb
Size: 7576
MD5sum: 9436005dfd5a6ccdce6b9ce47e38eaa4
SHA256: 3b16194392acf0df4d0b386fa57d68806aad8487a2c531af5ab6279b261a30e8