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

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

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1. Install "musl-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install musl-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 "musl-dev" package

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

Package: musl-dev
Source: musl
Version: 1.2.3-1
Installed-Size: 3041
Maintainer: Reiner Herrmann
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: musl-tools (<< 1.2.2-2)
Provides: musl-fts
Depends: musl (= 1.2.3-1), gcc-x86-64-linux-gnu
Recommends: linux-musl-dev
Breaks: musl-tools (<< 1.2.2-2)
Description: standard C library development files
Description-md5: 511f4ad41871e1f74fff0aa0636c2881
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://musl.libc.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/musl/musl-dev_1.2.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 587336
MD5sum: f13b7d59effed76c77741f7565bb8b62
SHA256: 7c34f29a0c1aa12f6da1d25ed6de6fe6bbd9e048ee76b3dcb88c5e51fb65507f