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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libgc-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libgc-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libgc-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libgc-dev
Source: libgc
Version: 1:7.6.4-0.4
Installed-Size: 998
Maintainer: Christoph Egger
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgc1c2 (= 1:7.6.4-0.4), libc-dev
Description: conservative garbage collector for C (development)
Description-md5: 6024ab577069982922a45069ab44dff3
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.hboehm.info/gc/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::lang:c++, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgc/libgc-dev_7.6.4-0.4_amd64.deb
Size: 373280
MD5sum: b2b3b4576f90bf8893da6f7a9039f5ee
SHA256: adaff3b09803415ebaf3142cab5c41547945b43e5feb2f80bcf0a5e908953d0c