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

Last updated: January 26,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libsixel-dev" package

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


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

Learn how to uninstall libsixel-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 libsixel-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libsixel-dev
Source: libsixel
Version: 1.10.3-3
Installed-Size: 595
Maintainer: NOKUBI Takatsugu
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsixel1 (= 1.10.3-3)
Description: DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (develop)
Description-md5: 278bce3f9091a46eaf8edbdd9335f422
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsixel/libsixel-dev_1.10.3-3_amd64.deb
Size: 118276
MD5sum: 5dd8866a0a6203487e73dc6018c4d027
SHA256: a7616e640df8eb2c7b35db41b411f3be6c6780720f4312453a55ec5ed503e909