How to Install and Uninstall libbox2d-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libbox2d-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libbox2d-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libbox2d-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libbox2d-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libbox2d-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 libbox2d-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libbox2d-dev
Source: box2d
Version: 2.4.1-3
Installed-Size: 258
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libbox2d2 (= 2.4.1-3)
Description: 2D physics engine - development files
Description-md5: 7f950bd241ad69588550f4c515423a02
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://box2d.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c++, devel::library, implemented-in::c++, role::devel-lib,
role::source
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/box2d/libbox2d-dev_2.4.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 44408
MD5sum: 7568995c44356dfa1482dc590e2067d7
SHA256: a863ded61b94d47e0f79f38dd2c1d3df4a187cae3bbf83ff9063df68e677e2e9