How to Install and Uninstall libx11-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 23,2024

1. Install "libx11-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libx11-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libx11-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libx11-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libx11-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libx11-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libx11-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libx11-dev
Source: libx11
Version: 2:1.6.7-1+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 2606
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libx11-6 (= 2:1.6.7-1+deb10u2), libxau-dev (>= 1:1.0.0-1), libxdmcp-dev (>= 1:1.0.0-1), x11proto-core-dev (>= 7.0.17), x11proto-input-dev, x11proto-kb-dev, xtrans-dev, libxcb1-dev
Suggests: libx11-doc
Description: X11 client-side library (development headers)
Description-md5: 0f75e83e8745f3430d89215e0a04295a
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
x11::library
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libx11/libx11-dev_1.6.7-1+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 824588
MD5sum: de3a81c6462b06eb94a0348cd864a48f
SHA256: b73b03b5ea32d0456640486b9602593636e25a9366782b4e2e0c183d8db0c9f9