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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gamemode-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gamemode-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall gamemode-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 gamemode-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gamemode-dev
Source: gamemode (1.7-2)
Version: 1.7-2+b1
Installed-Size: 47
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libgamemode-dev, libgamemode0-dev, libgamemodeauto-dev
Depends: libgamemodeauto0 (= 1.7-2+b1)
Recommends: libgamemode0 (= 1.7-2+b1), gamemode:any
Breaks: libgamemode-dev, libgamemode0-dev, libgamemodeauto-dev
Description: Optimise Linux system performance on demand (dev files)
Description-md5: cb71632d636c2e0d57f174177ee3009a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gamemode/gamemode-dev_1.7-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 12316
MD5sum: 4ab4549545d06893d1cafbe80c03b46f
SHA256: ca94ed2e34ad817e7eed0bbb996202168684c835834bc6fea468a8dfddbbcf2c