How to Install and Uninstall libshp2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 02,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libshp2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libshp2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libshp2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libshp2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libshp2" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libshp2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libshp2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libshp2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libshp2
Source: shapelib (1.5.0-3)
Version: 1.5.0-3+b1
Installed-Size: 99
Maintainer: Debian GIS Project
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: Library for reading and writing ESRI Shapefiles
Description-md5: 27308df3bd0a5b2c491e8c49163628f0
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://shapelib.maptools.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/shapelib/libshp2_1.5.0-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 41240
MD5sum: 8cb4f3c0481c9a256c344dd78ff3a0f5
SHA256: 86f15d6f8ad5d5adcb8c0a0bed7a4501e60d28b139be86265c9d7bfd616ce6c0