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

Last updated: May 04,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libxext-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 "libxext-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libxext-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: libxext-dev
Source: libxext (2:1.3.4-1)
Version: 2:1.3.4-1+b1
Installed-Size: 330
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libxext6 (= 2:1.3.4-1+b1), x11proto-dev, libx11-dev
Suggests: libxext-doc
Description: X11 miscellaneous extensions library (development headers)
Description-md5: 9d497aabe7a8734879a278b8413e69c6
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxext/libxext-dev_1.3.4-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 106884
MD5sum: a52df65f4b32a4591ec689e1db75b88d
SHA256: 591456aba90eeed7a1c1b044d469fd7704bf7d83af9dc574bbe2efc4a2fd1dba