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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gnulib" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gnulib on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gnulib on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnulib
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnulib package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gnulib
Version: 20230209+stable-1
Installed-Size: 49012
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Recommends: autoconf, automake, autopoint, bison, build-essential, gettext (>= 0.20~), gperf, libtool, m4, texinfo
Suggests: clisp, perl, python3:any
Description: GNU Portability Library
Description-md5: b74e587b070a2b8bccb9acb5265666dc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
role::program, role::source, suite::gnu, works-with-format::man,
works-with::text
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnulib/gnulib_20230209+stable-1_all.deb
Size: 6059900
MD5sum: 180643ce06f8fbfb5b13867dcaa25502
SHA256: 5c72af7f9fe2ad2e311ca2d98722d0d4b9852d0db109dce37734f3f2f4237d24