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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libsodium-dev" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libsodium-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libsodium-dev
Source: libsodium
Version: 1.0.18-1+0~20191009.1+debian10~1.gbpb6823f
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Installed-Size: 801
Depends: libsodium23 (= 1.0.18-1+0~20191009.1+debian10~1.gbpb6823f)
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.libsodium.org/
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsodium/libsodium-dev_1.0.18-1+0~20191009.1+debian10~1.gbpb6823f_amd64.deb
Size: 180740
SHA256: 928adfa5fbbf8d28069c7e5c1c0dea5009f0d35d73a21139461e44022be4146a
SHA1: b2719d76f4be5c0026f6baef8d80cb917444e26b
MD5sum: c9e3a8df69bf08dc4cc5532d61a4a953
Description: Network communication, cryptography and signaturing library - headers
Description-md5: cae8e20dbbff5c7b1b3bf306d7ea03fa

Package: libsodium-dev
Source: libsodium
Version: 1.0.17-1
Installed-Size: 777
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsodium23 (= 1.0.17-1)
Description: Network communication, cryptography and signaturing library - headers
Description-md5: cae8e20dbbff5c7b1b3bf306d7ea03fa
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.libsodium.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsodium/libsodium-dev_1.0.17-1_amd64.deb
Size: 176068
MD5sum: 703eafaf3043fc91d178c885a73a5da9
SHA256: ce1c5c10ad57070fe024eb071a43758887e75009a0983933344ff9f135e0d347