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

Last updated: February 17,2025

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

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1. Install "libexif-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libexif-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 "libexif-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libexif-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 libexif-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libexif-dev
Source: libexif (0.6.24-1)
Version: 0.6.24-1+b1
Installed-Size: 566
Maintainer: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6-dev, libexif12 (= 0.6.24-1+b1)
Recommends: libexif-doc (= 0.6.24-1+b1)
Description: library to parse EXIF files (development files)
Description-md5: 8c30e3b15204de874eb1e6fb7a6a74ea
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://libexif.github.io/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::program, works-with-format::jpg,
works-with::image, works-with::image:raster
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libexif/libexif-dev_0.6.24-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 107832
MD5sum: e6c18f3420e6343e5f720b51b6871481
SHA256: b2ecf6f23c11a336561c90056c28970500baad8bc80b52078a0e8b63316166a5