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

Last updated: January 22,2025

1. Install "libwebp-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libwebp-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libwebp-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libwebp-dev
Source: libwebp
Version: 0.6.1-2+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 976
Maintainer: Jeff Breidenbach
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libwebp6 (= 0.6.1-2+deb10u1), libwebpmux3 (= 0.6.1-2+deb10u1), libwebpdemux2 (= 0.6.1-2+deb10u1)
Description: Lossy compression of digital photographic images.
Description-md5: 3c2179355195b8d229435797374b0a61
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libw/libwebp/libwebp-dev_0.6.1-2+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 344056
MD5sum: 7ae775976ef0d8a099d0e27fe3c41af7
SHA256: 9f5ad1601ca8ee1fabb0e1dea2b9e18f0d2aa3bdd706bf557b83f1714a2803e4