How to Install and Uninstall libcups2-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libcups2-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libcups2-dev" package

Learn how to install libcups2-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 "libcups2-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libcups2-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 libcups2-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcups2-dev
Source: cups
Version: 2.4.2-3+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 1329
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dpkg-dev, libcups2 (= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), libcupsimage2-dev (= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5)
Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Development files CUPS library
Description-md5: bf3f385e98251c2563c3f58554d2adce
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_2.4.2-3+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 296436
MD5sum: 879bfe0f983b6b1b46ad78c2a860e38b
SHA256: de9d1d0184df30a1cbe6d632c7f78e0281fbba893aedbf111c5c0004044c26a1