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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

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1. Install "libhidapi-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libhidapi-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 "libhidapi-dev" package

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

Package: libhidapi-dev
Source: hidapi
Version: 0.13.1-1
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Scott Talbert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libhidapi-libusb0 (= 0.13.1-1), libhidapi-hidraw0 (= 0.13.1-1)
Description: Multi-Platform library for communication with HID devices (development files)
Description-md5: c4262db76c6846ae58f28364dc7a188c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/libusb/hidapi
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hidapi/libhidapi-dev_0.13.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 27024
MD5sum: 5738a13c9708728cc7ec1460121203fa
SHA256: 4828d55f3bf977f94f2e4a68465681cc4579b1d7d725b0a58c44c4b46fc782a8