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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

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1. Install "libmaxminddb-dev" package

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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libmaxminddb-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libmaxminddb-dev
Source: libmaxminddb
Version: 1.7.1-1
Installed-Size: 111
Maintainer: Faidon Liambotis
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libmaxminddb0 (<< 1.4.3-2)
Depends: libmaxminddb0 (= 1.7.1-1)
Breaks: libmaxminddb0 (<< 1.4.3-2)
Description: IP geolocation database library (development headers)
Description-md5: 95999effe62372cd1092f3744445e4e4
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://maxmind.github.io/libmaxminddb/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libm/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-dev_1.7.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 38884
MD5sum: db29cff282a0fb74cc04d7908726d985
SHA256: 613fb0ad46fc492d1313e3e1a9d8d390e9d099f91cefaf24c39ab1e6fe1aa8a2