How to Install and Uninstall libsdl1.2-compat-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libsdl1.2-compat-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libsdl1.2-compat-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libsdl1.2-compat-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsdl1.2-compat-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libsdl1.2-compat-dev 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 libsdl1.2-compat-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libsdl1.2-compat-dev
Source: sdl12-compat
Version: 1.2.60-1
Installed-Size: 526
Maintainer: Debian SDL package maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libsdl-dev, libsdl1.2-dev
Provides: libsdl-dev, libsdl1.2-dev (= 1.2.15-1)
Depends: libsdl1.2-compat-shim (= 1.2.60-1)
Conflicts: libsdl-dev, libsdl1.2-dev
Description: SDL 1.2 binary compatibility library - development files
Description-md5: 32d99c0f06162791e98c5e3769ab4bcd
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl12-compat
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sdl12-compat/libsdl1.2-compat-dev_1.2.60-1_amd64.deb
Size: 62008
MD5sum: bcb7a63ede99a54461dcd1b9b9709a82
SHA256: ebbc2d4a719eda02e23506fae92668f6ecbd3b0f62da898face07a3c7a73b47d