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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

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1. Install "libxtables-dev" package

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

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


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libxtables-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxtables-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libxtables-dev
Source: iptables
Version: 1.8.9-2
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Debian Netfilter Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libxtables12 (= 1.8.9-2)
Description: netfilter xtables library -- development files
Description-md5: 704795211bb04c8e97ee8de3b1fb0f51
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.netfilter.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iptables/libxtables-dev_1.8.9-2_amd64.deb
Size: 13184
MD5sum: 364afa19993d7f6242a2647fd735cdc6
SHA256: d2f676cd56318c4a3f91453755595b2d7be194d89c325ef92a0bfc8fa7e82a37