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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

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1. Install "libsnappy-dev" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libsnappy-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libsnappy-dev
Source: snappy
Version: 1.1.9-3
Installed-Size: 143
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsnappy1v5 (= 1.1.9-3)
Description: fast compression/decompression library (development files)
Description-md5: b499df87b72e11eeccdad0dfd3c2149b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://google.github.io/snappy/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/snappy/libsnappy-dev_1.1.9-3_amd64.deb
Size: 39196
MD5sum: d3859384774d12d7468182b6ae9ad58f
SHA256: dcf07990ce31ee3469ffc2ce24e47d23398a432d1f0b9dbff71443e60ed6fde8