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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libapt-pkg-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libapt-pkg-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 "libapt-pkg-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libapt-pkg-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 libapt-pkg-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libapt-pkg-dev
Source: apt
Version: 2.6.1
Installed-Size: 513
Maintainer: APT Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libapt-pkg (= 2.6.1)
Description: development files for APT's libapt-pkg and libapt-inst
Description-md5: 8e463f77664788b23a47f5ac592f4595
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::debian, devel::lang:c++,
devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::program, suite::debian,
works-with::software:package
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_2.6.1_amd64.deb
Size: 115896
MD5sum: 482053580cdd9af732cbc9e5b30e4a67
SHA256: ee583cbe4be04fdf140a38275dd437fed6a13ef90a79bf4b67174177ba5a19c6