How to Install and Uninstall clang-format Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 03,2025

You can also install and uninstall the clang-format on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "clang-format" package

This tutorial shows how to install clang-format on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                clang-format
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "clang-format" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall clang-format on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clang-format package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: clang-format
Source: llvm-defaults (0.55.7~deb12u1)
Version: 1:14.0-55.7~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: clang (<< 1:3.6-28)
Depends: clang-format-14 (>= 14~)
Breaks: clang (<< 1:3.6-28)
Description: Tool to format C/C++/Obj-C code
Description-md5: b50362fb3abbe4fca65017f3e1c209b3
Multi-Arch: same
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/llvm-defaults/clang-format_14.0-55.7~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 5256
MD5sum: 8f28de6e8da60b5a3a43583d1368de51
SHA256: cf7fe6008f25d3abdb607abb90d07d7615e1c8bdc74943a0cde4e5ce3b65de68