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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libopengl-dev" package

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


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

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


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

Package: libopengl-dev
Source: libglvnd
Version: 1.6.0-1
Installed-Size: 21
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libglvnd-dev (<< 1.3.0-1)
Depends: libopengl0 (= 1.6.0-1)
Breaks: libglvnd-dev (<< 1.3.0-1)
Description: Vendor neutral GL dispatch library -- OpenGL development files
Description-md5: 955083203fd22660c0b30440d61779d9
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libg/libglvnd/libopengl-dev_1.6.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 4936
MD5sum: 5143fa3f43e5c1b501c1df7dd8ea1cc4
SHA256: 43d5cd7de2f591e27f95996f8484767f46b0bbc1b8a0ac58cc64987b99fb9369