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

Last updated: July 03,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libblockdev-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 "libblockdev-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libblockdev-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libblockdev-dev" package

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

Package: libblockdev-dev
Source: libblockdev
Version: 2.28-2
Installed-Size: 2221
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libblockdev2 (= 2.28-2), gir1.2-blockdev-2.0 (= 2.28-2)
Description: Library for manipulating block devices - development
Description-md5: 6bdd5afe14ccf7f401856270d2f61ed0
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/storaged-project/libblockdev
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libb/libblockdev/libblockdev-dev_2.28-2_amd64.deb
Size: 120996
MD5sum: 94f0d59e119ebfcc9522144ce9a2601d
SHA256: 0333eee6d22de031472c7d12c9487ba55af45b1d162934639d45b1210869415e