How to Install and Uninstall libstdc++5 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libstdc++5 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libstdc++5" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libstdc++5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libstdc++5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libstdc++5" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libstdc++5 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libstdc++5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libstdc++5 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libstdc++5
Source: gcc-3.3 (1:3.3.6ds1-34)
Version: 1:3.3.6-34
Installed-Size: 1127
Maintainer: Philipp Kern
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3.4-3)
Description: The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Description-md5: 3a035c38e04ee5f6159a6f2530fadb7e
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-3.3/libstdc++5_3.3.6-34_amd64.deb
Size: 261384
MD5sum: e11a6aefdeb9a6e7dee70ff8c881f3f5
SHA256: 7b471eeb66000eac7cd8d9400410fb3125c05635bc19513567b7190dc099c26b