How to Install and Uninstall libcrack2-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libcrack2-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libcrack2-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libcrack2-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 "libcrack2-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libcrack2-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcrack2-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcrack2-dev
Source: cracklib2 (2.9.6-5)
Version: 2.9.6-5+b1
Installed-Size: 88
Maintainer: Jan Dittberner
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libcrack2 (= 2.9.6-5+b1)
Recommends: cracklib-runtime
Description: pro-active password checker library - development files
Description-md5: e2f0fd7e7bc004d31781cbb5f7a6f02d
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cracklib2/libcrack2-dev_2.9.6-5+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 21452
MD5sum: c46c14c5c4f44fdc5ac6d4800fe41108
SHA256: 6e330e4a7cc2b1461f22b27943ce47d30cbc8874eeee8de547fba13123a0066b