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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gyp" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gyp on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: gyp
Version: 0.1+20220404git9ecf45e-2
Installed-Size: 1168
Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any, python3-pkg-resources, python3-six
Description: Cross-platform build script generator
Description-md5: 3cb0119977e28cd08f4b2dc95f53cfe4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp/
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gyp/gyp_0.1+20220404git9ecf45e-2_all.deb
Size: 237380
MD5sum: c46bb2f2c529ad64a9f359efdb4a3e6f
SHA256: 5cf722c60da617a9b7c4b2f2fc8709e9e67eba99acd31c457868c7935abdd496