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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "lcov" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall lcov 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 lcov package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: lcov
Version: 1.16-1
Installed-Size: 443
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, gcc, libjson-perl, libperlio-gzip-perl
Recommends: libgd-gd2-perl
Description: Summarise Code coverage information from GCOV
Description-md5: 570ed45e66b332fb729dfa76f03dff58
Homepage: https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov.git
Tag: devel::testing-qa, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, works-with-format::html,
works-with::text
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lcov/lcov_1.16-1_all.deb
Size: 103216
MD5sum: 1fe0820be2231964c90066ac28cbe0b8
SHA256: f67ded9b180057c14ad3aac51bcb7319a17a3a749bfa0b0e9ef17f2103a739ae