How to Install and Uninstall libgtk-4-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 15,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libgtk-4-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libgtk-4-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libgtk-4-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libgtk-4-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libgtk-4-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgtk-4-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libgtk-4-dev
Source: gtk4
Version: 4.8.3+ds-2+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 11002
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: gir1.2-gtk-4.0 (= 4.8.3+ds-2+deb12u1), libcairo2-dev (>= 1.14.0), libegl1-mesa-dev, libepoxy-dev (>= 1.0), libfontconfig-dev, libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev (>= 2.30.0), libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.66.0), libgraphene-1.0-dev (>= 1.9.1), libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.50.0), libwayland-dev (>= 1.16.91), libx11-dev, libxcomposite-dev, libxcursor-dev, libxdamage-dev, libxext-dev, libxfixes-dev, libxi-dev, libxinerama-dev, libxkbcommon-dev, libxrandr-dev, libvulkan-dev, pkg-config, wayland-protocols (>= 1.21), libgtk-4-common, libgtk-4-1 (= 4.8.3+ds-2+deb12u1)
Suggests: libgtk-4-doc, gtk-4-examples
Description: development files for the GTK library
Description-md5: 4fe57949589093654313cc79d6da8008
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.gtk.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gtk4/libgtk-4-dev_4.8.3+ds-2+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 888064
MD5sum: 3c3e21c78581b18f3b111c851b5bf6e5
SHA256: 017e85f06bf12b349741d452a9991418010b73429f6b87f35364285e284a2d55