How to Install and Uninstall libs6-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libs6-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libs6-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libs6-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 "libs6-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libs6-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libs6-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libs6-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libs6-dev
Source: s6
Version: 2.11.3.2-1
Installed-Size: 182
Maintainer: Shengjing Zhu
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libs6-2.11 (= 2.11.3.2-1)
Description: small and secure supervision software suite (development files)
Description-md5: a950346b67dfb040fcaf5bdfddacfc3c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://skarnet.org/software/s6/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/s6/libs6-dev_2.11.3.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 26636
MD5sum: 6ee20f8a15965b504c856ef687476a6e
SHA256: 526536b05e4470e8fe89b242343f571ead3759e5af387877c426102f50476b65