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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

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1. Install "libshp-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libshp-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libshp-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libshp-dev" package

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


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

Package: libshp-dev
Source: shapelib (1.5.0-3)
Version: 1.5.0-3+b1
Installed-Size: 146
Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libshp2 (= 1.5.0-3+b1)
Description: Library for reading and writing ESRI Shapefiles - development files
Description-md5: 41ad100b73927b68333859b14c59c512
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://shapelib.maptools.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/shapelib/libshp-dev_1.5.0-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 47436
MD5sum: d4c6e151a2181755f81f5eb4a38fddcd
SHA256: 906c55e918d5a06073615b9e594e9fb505ffc686ffcdb3b32ea3c6d3da779088