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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

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1. Install "libopenscap-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libopenscap-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 "libopenscap-dev" package

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


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

Package: libopenscap-dev
Source: openscap
Version: 1.3.7+dfsg-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 766
Maintainer: Håvard F. Aasen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libopenscap25 (= 1.3.7+dfsg-1+deb12u1)
Suggests: openscap-doc
Description: libraries enabling integration of the SCAP line of standards - Development files
Description-md5: f76ac5f81832cc16b9a91ca175461b88
Homepage: https://www.open-scap.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openscap/libopenscap-dev_1.3.7+dfsg-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 139816
MD5sum: 9cb673cca725ead3c53f40574ab06bdc
SHA256: c2bc64c0336a7ac4bf45b1bbd42699dd88b827c5e74a9a676af7a16eb564b204