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

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libvpx-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libvpx-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libvpx-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libvpx-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 libvpx-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libvpx-dev
Source: libvpx
Version: 1.12.0-1+deb12u2
Installed-Size: 4578
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libvpx7 (= 1.12.0-1+deb12u2)
Description: VP8 and VP9 video codec (development files)
Description-md5: 20f177b050644bf2586164ae43baab1e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.webmproject.org
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx-dev_1.12.0-1+deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 1154668
MD5sum: 5ea663f53caa8bb29ee71b98d61ddee4
SHA256: 5eaf2e9ec92e689c524322b9aaf7c3b8f23d2f863c03a09646abe5c07bde5c96