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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

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1. Install "libdw-dev" package

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libdw-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 libdw-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libdw-dev
Source: elfutils
Version: 0.188-2.1
Installed-Size: 1644
Maintainer: Debian Elfutils Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libelf-dev, libdw1 (= 0.188-2.1), zlib1g-dev, liblzma-dev
Description: libdw1 development libraries and header files
Description-md5: f125fde79e7cf4843502f64d2aca123c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/elfutils/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/elfutils/libdw-dev_0.188-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 311036
MD5sum: 572799ff20335f9c1920c59b0191a476
SHA256: 157c75a61dc86de162e4e2c801bd29a73bdc41f12d3c4f75fd0f5984c998d24d