How to Install and Uninstall libtool Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

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1. Install "libtool" package

This tutorial shows how to install libtool on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libtool
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libtool" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libtool on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libtool
Version: 2.4.7-5
Installed-Size: 1213
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: all
Depends: gcc | c-compiler, cpp, libc6-dev | libc-dev, file, autotools-dev
Recommends: libltdl-dev
Suggests: libtool-doc, autoconf, automaken, gfortran | fortran95-compiler, gcj-jdk
Description: Generic library support script
Description-md5: 40ea3da4a4ea75419ad95742898b3e52
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
Tag: devel::buildtools, devel::lang:c, devel::lang:c++, devel::lang:fortran,
devel::lang:java, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::java, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libt/libtool/libtool_2.4.7-5_all.deb
Size: 517088
MD5sum: 329af6d5a6fe4e40f16309ae04153e6b
SHA256: fbcf53250cef8c780560ec18056f207b515da0f150210140cd19e557b0dea8a9