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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "uuid-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install uuid-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: uuid-dev
Source: util-linux
Version: 2.33.1-0.1
Installed-Size: 163
Maintainer: LaMont Jones
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: e2fslibs-dev (<< 1.15)
Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, libuuid1 (= 2.33.1-0.1)
Description: Universally Unique ID library - headers and static libraries
Description-md5: daeeb422c8be25af61a5fe52deff08a8
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/util-linux/uuid-dev_2.33.1-0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 93552
MD5sum: ff317ab1770baeeda2640334adb9c6d2
SHA256: 68ddfcc9e87d448b646dab275eef9dbf3eac9ac8187c38fa0e66faf6182fecdc