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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

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1. Install "libzim-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libzim-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libzim-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libzim-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libzim-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libzim-dev
Source: zimlib
Version: 8.1.1-0.2
Installed-Size: 119
Maintainer: Kunal Mehta
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libzim8 (= 8.1.1-0.2), liblzma-dev, libxapian-dev, libicu-dev, libzstd-dev
Description: library implementation of ZIM specifications (development)
Description-md5: 25f1bac9662f7e49147f291a5505befc
Homepage: https://www.openzim.org/wiki/Libzim
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zimlib/libzim-dev_8.1.1-0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 28524
MD5sum: 40bc7797c92ec59584c6816eedbca616
SHA256: 15f4e611393d6213c6c892c3a8c29bbee61f3bf2117862d74dfad1c2309c40fb