How to Install and Uninstall libsane Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libsane" package

This tutorial shows how to install libsane on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsane" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libsane 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 libsane package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libsane
Source: sane-backends
Version: 1.2.1-2
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Jörg Frings-Fürst
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsane1 (>= 1.2.1-2)
Description: API library for scanners [transitional package]
Description-md5: 967e6f58d3b9a2cd1039a23b98880ee7
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.sane-project.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sane-backends/libsane_1.2.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 19336
MD5sum: 6c4d000c3b0028cdf23f9ae7e18d8078
SHA256: cbd172b2ca6f1a7aced717cbc7f69a7dcef4aff090a3534486a4ab3c87774b4d