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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libcgal-dev" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcgal-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcgal-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libcgal-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libcgal-dev
Source: cgal
Version: 5.5.1-2
Installed-Size: 39933
Maintainer: Joachim Reichel
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libboost-dev, libboost-program-options-dev, libboost-system-dev, libboost-thread-dev, libgmp-dev, libmpfr-dev, zlib1g-dev
Suggests: libmpfi-dev, libntl-dev, libtbb-dev
Description: C++ library for computational geometry (development files)
Description-md5: 3a1c6355daea1137fb786b6ea3ee790b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.cgal.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, uitoolkit::qt
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cgal/libcgal-dev_5.5.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 4865728
MD5sum: 0657bf0465369bd2d53da54fa8bc2f78
SHA256: b49f0c8c541d71fb0d63771a472eaf09a3481a5468b40523d886239ce70c8ba3