How to Install and Uninstall libarchive-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libarchive-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libarchive-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libarchive-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libarchive-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libarchive-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libarchive-dev
Source: libarchive
Version: 3.3.3-4+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 1633
Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.3.3-4+deb10u1)
Description: Multi-format archive and compression library (development files)
Description-md5: 68ad6870c167e8363f56ccdc0da60667
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.libarchive.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/liba/libarchive/libarchive-dev_3.3.3-4+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 484536
MD5sum: d519a8ccf5cabfac33190d0569bc0eb2
SHA256: b38e16c360bf9c973a302a75f25743e2ff4378c96dcce590280b45b254ed7f10