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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

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1. Install "libcrypt-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libcrypt-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libcrypt-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libcrypt-dev
Source: libxcrypt
Version: 1:4.4.33-2
Installed-Size: 341
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libc6-dev (<< 2.29-4), libcrypt1-dev, libcrypt2-dev, manpages-dev (<< 5.01-1)
Provides: libcrypt1-dev
Depends: libcrypt1 (= 1:4.4.33-2)
Conflicts: libcrypt1-dev, libcrypt2-dev
Breaks: libc6-dev (<< 2.29-4), manpages-dev (<< 5.01-1)
Description: libcrypt development files
Description-md5: 57b963c0e5a2d004866e4d1cb1b09b78
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxcrypt/libcrypt-dev_4.4.33-2_amd64.deb
Size: 118144
MD5sum: 6aff917e5eff8479be04b8cb1ae6b340
SHA256: 81ccd29130f75a9e3adabc80e61921abff42f76761e1f792fa2d1bb69af7f52f