How to Install and Uninstall libx11-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 03,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libx11-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libx11-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libx11-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 "libx11-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libx11-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 libx11-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libx11-dev
Source: libx11
Version: 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u2
Installed-Size: 2600
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: x11proto-dev (<< 2019.2)
Depends: libx11-6 (= 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u2), libxau-dev, libxdmcp-dev, x11proto-dev (>= 2019.2-1), xtrans-dev, libxcb1-dev
Suggests: libx11-doc
Description: X11 client-side library (development headers)
Description-md5: f634d43d2be84f3b53cb251c69f05406
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
x11::library
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libx11/libx11-dev_1.8.4-2+deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 836976
MD5sum: 9296eb45bde490c5569cd5b7bb25b65a
SHA256: 8493220d4309af1907a1f2f6eeb204c8103dafcc368394fbc4a0858c28612ff9