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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libvirt-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libvirt-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 "libvirt-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libvirt-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 libvirt-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libvirt-dev
Source: libvirt
Version: 9.0.0-4
Installed-Size: 1642
Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libvirt0 (= 9.0.0-4)
Recommends: pkg-config
Description: development files for the libvirt library
Description-md5: 7e0bab852c890b732dbbdd941dc00165
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://libvirt.org/
Tag: admin::virtualization, devel::lang:python, devel::library,
implemented-in::python, role::devel-lib, suite::openstack,
system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvirt/libvirt-dev_9.0.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 257572
MD5sum: c529e94f57dd4895259e218cc1fff7e2
SHA256: 18fceae33e34b7b3d541cfb6880ae962075a5500726cd181f34531b1f7ae0551