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

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

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1. Install "libdb-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libdb-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 "libdb-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libdb-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 libdb-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libdb-dev
Source: db-defaults
Version: 5.3.2
Installed-Size: 8
Maintainer: Bastian Germann
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libdb5.3-dev
Description: Berkeley Database Libraries [development]
Description-md5: cc7d9357e644c1601c2255220178f551
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/db-defaults/libdb-dev_5.3.2_amd64.deb
Size: 1744
MD5sum: 2fd896444359e148086bb8304220fc4a
SHA256: c26c38b9b688403737fdd9f5054e141680d74b4de3aa6a78224e66920e10a00f