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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "libsmbios-dev" package

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


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

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


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

Package: libsmbios-dev
Source: libsmbios
Version: 2.4.1-1
Installed-Size: 628
Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsmbios-c2 (= 2.4.1-1)
Description: Provide access to (SM)BIOS information - development files
Description-md5: dca0c2103c8aa5d8fa3208ef5333f86d
Homepage: https://github.com/dell/libsmbios/
Tag: devel::library, hardware::TODO, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios-dev_2.4.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 91900
MD5sum: a8d90bf2b6384253e34acd82a309f221
SHA256: 1bbcb90499ba29c6eb2238110f5b88d09e093e8a318ab869b1d520b29fe5f62e