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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "liblzma-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install liblzma-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "liblzma-dev" package

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


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

Package: liblzma-dev
Source: xz-utils
Version: 5.2.4-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 576
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: amd64
Depends: liblzma5 (= 5.2.4-1+deb10u1)
Suggests: liblzma-doc
Description: XZ-format compression library - development files
Description-md5: d19d3f899b3a1d8a68ae0473ad3f9283
Homepage: https://tukaani.org/xz/
Multi-Arch: same
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/x/xz-utils/liblzma-dev_5.2.4-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 210432
MD5sum: aed5c5f92a3be78479092bf512d497b3
SHA256: f33d8353491edb72549432288640ad8c762336055ec0fae84997df422758d5cf

Package: liblzma-dev
Source: xz-utils
Version: 5.2.4-1
Installed-Size: 576
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: amd64
Depends: liblzma5 (= 5.2.4-1)
Suggests: liblzma-doc
Description: XZ-format compression library - development files
Description-md5: d19d3f899b3a1d8a68ae0473ad3f9283
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://tukaani.org/xz/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
use::compressing, works-with::TODO, works-with::archive
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xz-utils/liblzma-dev_5.2.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 210268
MD5sum: 36dc622490a5782cc41c3f615f04054e
SHA256: df1c6d0290e42418df9ed76c0e17c507a12bfd590c0a17e580675555e99e51ea