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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libxcomposite-dev" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libxcomposite-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 libxcomposite-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libxcomposite-dev
Source: libxcomposite
Version: 1:0.4.5-1
Installed-Size: 57
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libxcomposite1 (= 1:0.4.5-1), libx11-dev, libxfixes-dev, x11proto-dev, libxext-dev
Description: X11 Composite extension library (development headers)
Description-md5: 6c12b730c4bb5b17bd24b60d9a59a12d
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, x11::library
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxcomposite/libxcomposite-dev_0.4.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 20124
MD5sum: d9e6ccd48acde5262898ade1c67ed70c
SHA256: 6aecea058e55f46341be898d6e21b933fee5a314e3133ec33b4b88441e7d52b4