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

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libserial-dev" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libserial-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 libserial-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libserial-dev
Source: libserial
Version: 1.0.0-7
Installed-Size: 82
Maintainer: Gianfranco Costamagna
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libserial1 (= 1.0.0-7)
Suggests: libserial-doc
Description: Serial port programming in C++ -- development files
Description-md5: ee95edf4acf2fda26a155c4284803616
Homepage: https://github.com/crayzeewulf/libserial
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libserial/libserial-dev_1.0.0-7_amd64.deb
Size: 12600
MD5sum: 023cc3a7256ea000de1441a1512ef6b6
SHA256: dfea7c604904dad9a4961a0664774b5693458ce3b55682e26aa36fb2df67e93e