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

Last updated: February 01,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libcamera-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libcamera-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 "libcamera-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libcamera-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libcamera-dev
Source: libcamera
Version: 0.0.3-6
Installed-Size: 215
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcamera0.0.3 (= 0.0.3-6)
Description: complex camera support library (development files)
Description-md5: a817fddde055009800fbb7c2566de922
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://libcamera.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcamera/libcamera-dev_0.0.3-6_amd64.deb
Size: 36436
MD5sum: c2060872e3a3e92e5368a43fb76c5483
SHA256: 891c5ffa2144b8592fa60d0c71dacb151e65c59a78e22cb0bcd0cad5a7e9de9c