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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libssh-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libssh-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libssh-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "libssh-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libssh-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libssh-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the libssh-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libssh-dev
Source: libssh
Version: 0.10.6-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1154
Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libssh-4 (= 0.10.6-0+deb12u1), libssl-dev, zlib1g-dev
Suggests: libssh-doc
Conflicts: libssh-gcrypt-dev
Description: tiny C SSH library - Development files (OpenSSL flavor)
Description-md5: 8bc2b35aa9045e1356b9f5fab5b5210e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.libssh.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, protocol::ssh,
role::devel-lib, security::authentication
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libssh/libssh-dev_0.10.6-0+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 240864
MD5sum: 8321171e03dfb304477cf3a22030c321
SHA256: 22ad9549f97466696af3c095d217b7effcc6eedfac599ec12a1d5b287ce852ec