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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "libpurple-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libpurple-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libpurple-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libpurple-dev
Source: pidgin
Version: 2.13.0-2
Installed-Size: 1119
Maintainer: Ari Pollak
Architecture: all
Depends: libpurple0 (>= 2.13.0), libpurple0 (<< 2.13.0+1~), pkg-config, libglib2.0-dev, libdbus-glib-1-dev
Description: multi-protocol instant messaging library - development files
Description-md5: b17a06afcbe53ddca5dc2a149cb2f24d
Homepage: http://www.pidgin.im
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-dev_2.13.0-2_all.deb
Size: 260152
MD5sum: fb4365ffb04f3d26e7b52af4220504a9
SHA256: 98c847d61f153a4eb157c5a4d7138f6023ea4aefe8a6c890124785135d996f45