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

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libmount-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libmount-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libmount-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libmount-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 libmount-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libmount-dev
Source: util-linux (2.38.1-5)
Version: 2.38.1-5+b1
Installed-Size: 82
Maintainer: util-linux packagers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libblkid-dev, libc6-dev | libc-dev, libmount1 (= 2.38.1-5+b1), libselinux1-dev
Description: device mounting library - headers
Description-md5: 07d7a2af1f3a709af925942f04219978
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
Tag: admin::filesystem, devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
role::devel-lib, role::program
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/util-linux/libmount-dev_2.38.1-5+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 22524
MD5sum: 395beeb939e51fafb25edd22f05fc056
SHA256: 7c266bb5193c542bb1da4416fad5d504f503f6d66ce4f35b73b517bbf0816689