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

Last updated: March 12,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libsdl1.2-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libsdl1.2-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libsdl1.2-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libsdl1.2-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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3. Information about the libsdl1.2-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libsdl1.2-dev
Source: libsdl1.2
Version: 1.2.15+dfsg2-8
Installed-Size: 2780
Maintainer: Debian SDL packages maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libsdl-dev
Provides: libsdl-dev
Depends: libasound2-dev, libcaca-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev, libpulse-dev, libsdl1.2debian (= 1.2.15+dfsg2-8), libx11-dev, libxext-dev
Conflicts: libsdl-dev
Description: Simple DirectMedia Layer development files
Description-md5: 9a82f59c5790721baad7ffc5f181d3d6
Homepage: https://www.libsdl.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, uitoolkit::sdl
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsdl1.2/libsdl1.2-dev_1.2.15+dfsg2-8_amd64.deb
Size: 732916
MD5sum: c8996d9067adcdf9effdf105fa3aa97c
SHA256: 9ae20048806bf8c6f39938bf8c376670f9a62177daba14f2fda84fd60a53afa9