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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libgc-dev" package

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

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

Package: libgc-dev
Source: libgc
Version: 1:8.2.2-3
Installed-Size: 960
Maintainer: Christoph Egger
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgc1 (= 1:8.2.2-3), libc-dev
Description: conservative garbage collector for C (development)
Description-md5: 6024ab577069982922a45069ab44dff3
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.hboehm.info/gc/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::lang:c++, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgc/libgc-dev_8.2.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 410128
MD5sum: c45db9e432453ad0a596592c3e9347af
SHA256: a7b8a113d5a0152959af593d681282ef4a3177fae826096f530a1d3cf00cdaa9