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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

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1. Install "libxcursor-dev" package

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

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

Package: libxcursor-dev
Source: libxcursor
Version: 1:1.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 175
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libxcursor1 (= 1:1.2.1-1), x11proto-dev, libx11-dev, libxrender-dev, libxfixes-dev
Description: X cursor management library (development files)
Description-md5: 6d945f0733e812c326a50fb6989e8cde
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.x.org
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxcursor/libxcursor-dev_1.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 51780
MD5sum: 41fcb0a6bbff628fd25f23ec132787cd
SHA256: 9f9eb5d01049b81f13f34d2c54aa474cc649853c752eaa53aba5dcd846d18b1b