How to Install and Uninstall libcob5-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libcob5-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libcob5-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libcob5-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libcob5-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libcob5-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcob5-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcob5-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcob5-dev
Source: gnucobol4 (4.0~early~20200606-6)
Version: 4.0~early~20200606-6+b1
Installed-Size: 875
Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libcob4-dev
Depends: libcob5 (= 4.0~early~20200606-6+b1)
Breaks: libcob4-dev
Description: COBOL compiler - development files
Description-md5: 44100c9f72bc45c3083963bbd41745de
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnucobol/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnucobol4/libcob5-dev_4.0~early~20200606-6+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 219140
MD5sum: f8f0592b34442c869b3e037d9e377ea2
SHA256: 1300e6d321be8eb984da03bbc04038a20d9266082e0397e76ad32e1f0d887413