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

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libdpkg-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 "libdpkg-dev" package

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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libdpkg-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 libdpkg-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libdpkg-dev
Source: dpkg
Version: 1.21.22
Installed-Size: 891
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libmd-dev, zlib1g-dev, liblzma-dev (>= 5.4.0), libzstd-dev (>= 1.4.0), libbz2-dev
Description: Debian package management static library
Description-md5: 0fd17a1a6d9f7c47ceec993ee3976f22
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::debian, devel::lang:c, devel::library,
implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib, role::program, suite::debian,
works-with::archive, works-with::software:package
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/libdpkg-dev_1.21.22_amd64.deb
Size: 355060
MD5sum: ee67d024549e2dcb54fd44e96f514e51
SHA256: 52c69bc3dad93f20a3285208ed48c50b153f8c4e872eb66e2cb93e34359d69cf