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

Last updated: May 04,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libsmbios-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libsmbios-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 "libsmbios-dev" package

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


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

Package: libsmbios-dev
Source: libsmbios
Version: 2.4.3-1
Installed-Size: 686
Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsmbios-c2 (= 2.4.3-1)
Description: Provide access to (SM)BIOS information - development files
Description-md5: dca0c2103c8aa5d8fa3208ef5333f86d
Homepage: https://github.com/dell/libsmbios/
Tag: devel::library, hardware::TODO, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsmbios/libsmbios-dev_2.4.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 91532
MD5sum: edae326a29401fda4615ef37ca1b4646
SHA256: 2c0ccb27f86b960e41a0e0053b4b5ef12128299131651a8e7fa8c5cc56249101