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

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

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1. Install "libpurple-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libpurple-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: libpurple-dev
Source: pidgin
Version: 2.14.12-1
Installed-Size: 1124
Maintainer: Richard Laager
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libdbus-glib-1-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libpurple0 (= 2.14.12-1), pkg-config
Description: multi-protocol instant messaging library - development files
Description-md5: b17a06afcbe53ddca5dc2a149cb2f24d
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.pidgin.im
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-dev_2.14.12-1_amd64.deb
Size: 237752
MD5sum: 0c9a2ca1908c72da3b929b05becbb124
SHA256: 4cd6129c05f0abf875f5bdf7a99659a48bc9d97b2811fd1d40463897c6887649