How to Install and Uninstall libglfw3 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: October 06,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libglfw3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libglfw3" package

This is a short guide on how to install libglfw3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libglfw3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libglfw3 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 libglfw3 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libglfw3
Source: glfw3
Version: 3.3.8-1
Installed-Size: 308
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgl1, libc6 (>= 2.27), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.2.99.901)
Suggests: libegl1, libgles1, libgles2, libosmesa6, libvulkan1
Description: portable library for OpenGL, window and input (x11 libraries)
Description-md5: 45941c862180ae31af874737f162afe4
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.glfw.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glfw3/libglfw3_3.3.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 75756
MD5sum: 3e214687af9a5bacfed8d2b74a95671d
SHA256: 78cf92f9ce39ca4a782acda5c499c7b7b39c49976e1dc432370f675495110884