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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libgbm-dev" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libgbm-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                libgbm-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgbm-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libgbm-dev
Source: mesa
Version: 22.3.6-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 57
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgbm1 (= 22.3.6-1+deb12u1)
Description: generic buffer management API -- development files
Description-md5: 97d3ae24c3bec4dfba8e29c665cda9e5
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/libgbm-dev_22.3.6-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 18312
MD5sum: 667ef18bce965e162173b138ed667156
SHA256: 2052ea4eafc2e6d434c1305376fe68cea252d40653efeafc6b07d79911e85e3a