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

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "grass-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install grass-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 "grass-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall grass-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 grass-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: grass-dev
Source: grass
Version: 8.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 1309
Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: amd64
Depends: grass-core (= 8.2.1-1), fakeroot, libfreetype-dev, libgdal-dev, libpq-dev, libproj-dev, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: git, subversion
Suggests: grass-dev-doc, pkg-config
Description: GRASS GIS development files
Description-md5: 616bd30de8154cdd565de75c39c27e9e
Homepage: https://grass.osgeo.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, field::geography, implemented-in::c,
role::devel-lib
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/grass/grass-dev_8.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 200680
MD5sum: d199ebc7ea0b92d3e7d3b6354d3b0ca5
SHA256: b29fdc8fda2f58e2de7535f4665ba795ce1dc8c5472c54768895f61c33dec228