How to Install and Uninstall libbcm2835-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libbcm2835-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libbcm2835-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libbcm2835-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 "libbcm2835-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libbcm2835-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 libbcm2835-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libbcm2835-dev
Source: bcm2835 (1.71+ds-1)
Version: 1.71+ds-1+b1
Installed-Size: 210
Maintainer: Debian Electronics Team
Architecture: amd64
Description: access to GPIO and other IO functions on the Broadcom BCM 2835 chip
Description-md5: c06d01f4e2799670abf5b21b604289e1
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bcm2835/libbcm2835-dev_1.71+ds-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 56392
MD5sum: 28c14969007ffe8dc074b2d8a41d23b1
SHA256: 26a64bfd7ca441f20b6a5a6518d85f3261ec1773d1fb541ffc87db2494e83d09