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

Last updated: December 25,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libwayland-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libwayland-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libwayland-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libwayland-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libwayland-dev
Source: wayland
Version: 1.21.0-1
Installed-Size: 579
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libegl1-mesa-dev (<< 18.0.5-0)
Depends: libwayland-client0 (= 1.21.0-1), libwayland-server0 (= 1.21.0-1), libwayland-cursor0 (= 1.21.0-1), libwayland-egl1 (= 1.21.0-1), libwayland-bin (= 1.21.0-1), libffi-dev
Suggests: libwayland-doc
Breaks: libegl1-mesa-dev (<< 18.0.5-0)
Description: wayland compositor infrastructure - development files
Description-md5: b6a54f87f98181416660d9c2f8532325
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wayland/libwayland-dev_1.21.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 72544
MD5sum: 4f8f12ac0c7077d85f2eda800e746295
SHA256: 063ac40e71069a1a92c2be32799f4a2d234f3d361ba98cea2e3137a7ab6804d1