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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libgtest-dev" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libgtest-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libgtest-dev
Source: googletest
Version: 1.8.1-3
Installed-Size: 1695
Maintainer: Steve M. Robbins
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: googletest (<= 1.8.0-8)
Depends: googletest (= 1.8.1-3)
Conflicts: googletest (<= 1.8.0-8)
Description: Google's framework for writing C++ tests
Description-md5: 0f57efc74cf16270a96fc2540e04fd16
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/google/googletest
Tag: devel::lang:c++, devel::library, implemented-in::c++, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/googletest/libgtest-dev_1.8.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 222820
MD5sum: 2d21b8af6d5e1c89a042768a6f695239
SHA256: 54cdf66d5d3754bdfef85bcbc45dadd1447475c0afc2c3698abdfad1b980e74c