How to Install and Uninstall finch-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 06,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "finch-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install finch-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall finch-dev 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 finch-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: finch-dev
Source: pidgin
Version: 2.14.12-1
Installed-Size: 179
Maintainer: Richard Laager
Architecture: amd64
Depends: finch (<< 2.14.12+1~), finch (>= 2.14.12), libglib2.0-dev, libgnt-dev, libpurple-dev, pkg-config
Description: text-based multi-protocol instant messaging client - development
Description-md5: c7eff7657eed23dc8ade8bbf10342727
Homepage: https://www.pidgin.im
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pidgin/finch-dev_2.14.12-1_amd64.deb
Size: 100748
MD5sum: 290d0c3f24eeb7272eba9fe30dc19260
SHA256: d9fd012af08416acbb28093135ca7af752db9f9a7cd04aaa34782134a36c17cc