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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

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1. Install "libgpm-dev" package

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

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


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

Package: libgpm-dev
Source: gpm (1.20.7-10)
Version: 1.20.7-10+b1
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libgpmg1-dev
Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, libgpm2 (= 1.20.7-10+b1)
Conflicts: libgpmg1-dev
Description: General Purpose Mouse - development files
Description-md5: eefc2308cd62c7d7bd58bea18a9ce9ac
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, hardware::input, hardware::input:mouse,
implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gpm/libgpm-dev_1.20.7-10+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 16920
MD5sum: 7ca04ee50c25b73a2c2b4fc56c003be3
SHA256: 24d90d24cef02f8e517537b864914ffc18669151253637d02f328cf9ebe5aa32