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

Last updated: May 01,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "googletest" package

This guide let you learn how to install googletest on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall googletest 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 googletest package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: googletest
Version: 1.12.1-0.2
Installed-Size: 3505
Maintainer: Steve M. Robbins
Architecture: all
Replaces: google-mock (<< 1.8.0), googletest-tools (<< 1.12.0), libgtest-dev (<< 1.8.0)
Conflicts: google-mock (<< 1.8.0), libgtest-dev (<< 1.8.0)
Description: Google's C++ test framework sources
Description-md5: 1e437b718f57755079100bb08186b2de
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/google/googletest
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/googletest/googletest_1.12.1-0.2_all.deb
Size: 506436
MD5sum: f09b23092c8cc8fd6de67097eb2a6fd7
SHA256: 927be72067517da503b6538026d451455c9e860f5dbfe237f792543db7d5a928