How to Install and Uninstall hidl-gen Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hidl-gen" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hidl-gen
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hidl-gen" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall hidl-gen 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 hidl-gen package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: hidl-gen
Source: android-platform-system-tools-hidl
Version: 10.0.0+r36-3
Installed-Size: 1446
Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: android-libbase (>= 29.0.6), android-libboringssl (>= 13.0.0+r11), android-liblog (>= 29.0.6), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Description: Compiler for the HIDL
Description-md5: a2919d9707daab352e7769f003bbd5c2
Homepage: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/tools/hidl
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/android-platform-system-tools-hidl/hidl-gen_10.0.0+r36-3_amd64.deb
Size: 433032
MD5sum: a77771a538ce810028339aa57e2e962b
SHA256: 34fea2025a8c522f1b5d7d20ac31f2f88e0289f6bb5b5c8f906521f64bc85abe