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

Last updated: May 12,2024

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

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1. Install "libssl-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libssl-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 "libssl-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libssl-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 libssl-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libssl-dev
Source: openssl
Version: 3.0.11-1~deb12u2
Installed-Size: 12314
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libssl3 (= 3.0.11-1~deb12u2)
Suggests: libssl-doc
Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
Description-md5: 27044468897c45b271f879c7c6e135fe
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::TODO, implemented-in::c,
protocol::ssl, role::devel-lib, security::cryptography
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_3.0.11-1~deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 2430244
MD5sum: be6b230076517ede5b0c5a0363a8b060
SHA256: c9da41eef2de69dfdd45946e6749e2833f956b79a91687c1aff511941ec8d499