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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

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1. Install "libglfw3-dev" package

Learn how to install libglfw3-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libglfw3-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libglfw3-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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3. Information about the libglfw3-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libglfw3-dev
Source: glfw3
Version: 3.3.8-1
Installed-Size: 268
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libglfw3 (= 3.3.8-1) | libglfw3-wayland (= 3.3.8-1)
Recommends: libegl1-mesa-dev, libvulkan-dev, libwayland-dev, libx11-dev, libxrandr-dev
Suggests: libglfw3-doc
Conflicts: libglfw-dev
Description: portable library for OpenGL, window and input (development files)
Description-md5: d32f1f76941ab1185f332cadd1f7fa2b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.glfw.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, hardware::opengl, implemented-in::c,
interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::devel-lib, role::program,
x11::application
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glfw3/libglfw3-dev_3.3.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 42760
MD5sum: 92752a6be99f69658accadad2bb32b00
SHA256: 2e29d9f0e3247354bf2aa09d5565d430eab46c1e15496886a7eb1bfa7892cb0e