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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

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1. Install "libc-ares-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libc-ares-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-ares-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-ares-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libc-ares-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc-ares-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc-ares-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libc-ares-dev
Source: c-ares
Version: 1.18.1-3
Installed-Size: 420
Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc-ares2 (= 1.18.1-3)
Conflicts: libares-dev
Description: asynchronous name resolver - development files
Description-md5: 457af4d18b9753c3360923898df35b1f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://c-ares.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares-dev_1.18.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 191880
MD5sum: c3014e3fced2158672a7e74329e771b7
SHA256: fd031e01ade61a16e9d71776e6d235c637c0514f88b241a27b5e51af5aa39dc2