How to Install and Uninstall games-c++-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

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1. Install "games-c++-dev" package

Learn how to install games-c++-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "games-c++-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall games-c++-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 games-c++-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: games-c++-dev
Source: debian-games
Version: 5
Installed-Size: 21
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: all
Depends: games-tasks (= 5)
Recommends: chipmunk-dev, liballegro5-dev, libalure-dev, libalut-dev, libboost-all-dev, libbox2d-dev, libbullet-dev, libbulletml-dev, libcegui-mk2-dev, libclanlib-dev, libclaw-dev, libenet-dev, libflatzebra-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev, libglc-dev, libglew-dev, libglfw3-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev, libgphobos-dev, libirrlicht-dev, libjpeg-dev, libltdl-dev, libode-dev, libogg-dev, libopenal-dev, libopenscenegraph-dev, libphysfs-dev, libpng-dev, libsdl2-dev, libsfml-dev, libtiff5-dev, libvorbis-dev, libxml2-dev
Suggests: 0ad, burgerspace, codeblocks, codelite, cube2, freeorion, geany, libkxl0-dev, marsshooter, parsec47, torus-trooper, vim
Description: development of games in C/C++/D
Description-md5: dca4c326b86c503f73934e4a585f97b0
Homepage: https://blends.debian.org/games/tasks/
Tag: devel::lang:c++, role::metapackage
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/debian-games/games-c++-dev_5_all.deb
Size: 5560
MD5sum: f3e59fdd842bf8cf1df044a6a6c250a7
SHA256: 39893945dd502398dca56f9dc64e255ea6d25abe688c14aad4cc48a919e260f5