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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "libsynctex-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libsynctex-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: libsynctex-dev
Source: texlive-bin
Version: 2018.20181218.49446-1
Installed-Size: 255
Maintainer: Debian TeX Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsynctex2 (= 2018.20181218.49446-1)
Description: Tex Live: SyncTeX parser library (development part)
Description-md5: e03a349523e14bd8e3912784ed9cda37
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.tug.org/texlive/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/texlive-bin/libsynctex-dev_2018.20181218.49446-1_amd64.deb
Size: 81264
MD5sum: 6315bebc6fd6a2f9f1255fcd9f4604ef
SHA256: 1e9951cf8e504a552cc0cac57384faca52b03f65090ce5582f7a6594f165b036