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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "libzim-dev" package

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


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

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


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

Package: libzim-dev
Source: zimlib
Version: 4.0.4-5
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libzim4 (= 4.0.4-5), liblzma-dev, zlib1g-dev, libxapian-dev, libicu-dev
Description: library implementation of ZIM specifications (development)
Description-md5: 8baca2f573358e867741d6abf956387b
Homepage: http://www.openzim.org/wiki/Zimlib
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zimlib/libzim-dev_4.0.4-5_amd64.deb
Size: 21240
MD5sum: 5df72f376d53a616ec3301a8b9bfb37d
SHA256: 930cd29b71399807ea6d184069b9d55aaa27f9689ffc5d8da4270a248fa5b122