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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gdb" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gdb on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gdb
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "gdb" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gdb on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gdb
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the gdb package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gdb
Version: 13.1-3
Installed-Size: 11629
Maintainer: Héctor Orón Martínez
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gdb
Depends: libbabeltrace1 (>= 1.5.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdebuginfod1 (>= 0.180), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), libipt2 (>= 2.0), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20110809), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpython3.11 (>= 3.11.0), libreadline8 (>= 8.2~beta), libsource-highlight4v5 (>= 3.1.9), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libxxhash0 (>= 0.6.5), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Recommends: libc-dbg
Suggests: gdb-doc, gdbserver
Conflicts: gdb
Description: GNU Debugger
Description-md5: 4f2b8eb95df2ba7a5b11e0301c48b8e4
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/s/gdb/
Tag: devel::debugger, devel::lang:c, devel::lang:c++, devel::lang:fortran,
devel::lang:java, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::java, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::software:running
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gdb/gdb_13.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 3962052
MD5sum: e40b69d83ed40085b6ae5b4bffebf891
SHA256: 65e29803ae582f0094c0412eca8032f2a5a1188664c59e14c35b9528fc81a9a5