How to Install and Uninstall cmake Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 25,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cmake" package

Please follow the instructions below to install cmake on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cmake" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cmake 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 cmake package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cmake
Version: 3.25.1-1
Installed-Size: 28897
Maintainer: Debian CMake Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.3.3), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libjsoncpp25 (>= 1.9.5), librhash0 (>= 1.2.6), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libuv1 (>= 1.38.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), cmake-data (= 3.25.1-1), procps
Recommends: gcc, make
Suggests: cmake-doc, cmake-format, elpa-cmake-mode, ninja-build
Description: cross-platform, open-source make system
Description-md5: b60d0479b91d22665e465b5cec287c83
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://cmake.org/
Tag: devel::buildtools, implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline,
interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cmake/cmake_3.25.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 8692248
MD5sum: b78801e3c044461d022c7c7ab746a4b9
SHA256: 257a11063855f09e48696057fdb1ba2bcf1069502e0302576831dc2fb1571d7f