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

Last updated: January 22,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libwebp-dev" package

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

Learn how to uninstall libwebp-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 libwebp-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libwebp-dev
Source: libwebp
Version: 1.2.4-0.2+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1084
Maintainer: Jeff Breidenbach
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libwebp7 (= 1.2.4-0.2+deb12u1), libwebpmux3 (= 1.2.4-0.2+deb12u1), libwebpdemux2 (= 1.2.4-0.2+deb12u1)
Description: Lossy compression of digital photographic images
Description-md5: 5455bbde38742d3077c0c2830ec9cf92
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libw/libwebp/libwebp-dev_1.2.4-0.2+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 400448
MD5sum: 35fe3b7e0e95209c3e8b832edc035b40
SHA256: a9d07a8423e462babc947dd5745875a58c450fd5ca5c4493dbabe17387f97d89