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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libc-devtools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libc-devtools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-devtools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-devtools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libc-devtools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libc-devtools
Source: glibc
Version: 2.36-9+deb12u4
Installed-Size: 135
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libc-dev-bin (<< 2.31-8)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgd3 (>= 2.1.0~alpha~)
Recommends: manpages, manpages-dev
Breaks: libc-dev-bin (<< 2.31-8)
Description: GNU C Library: Development tools
Description-md5: 20d92638e9360ec19e7290046eb0d8f7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc-devtools_2.36-9+deb12u4_amd64.deb
Size: 53028
MD5sum: 1724a1d24a9b24d975c173de5f2d372c
SHA256: ab67b24c6d059a3303d7bd7e8e0788cff29e1cc25807508f352f44745f62d82c