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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

This tutorial shows how to install libfreeimage-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 "libfreeimage-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libfreeimage-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 libfreeimage-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libfreeimage-dev
Source: freeimage
Version: 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1701
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libfreeimage3 (= 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1)
Description: Support library for graphics image formats (development files)
Description-md5: 4129e76eb9e52c897ce2fb9f8fd275f0
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://freeimage.sourceforge.net/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freeimage/libfreeimage-dev_3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 364996
MD5sum: 691d46c7b2c9723315ec2e7f12c7a6e0
SHA256: c1325bc428addcf5554cf82bf69fe8ac7918528378377a30be5e2b872afb1b88