How to Install and Uninstall ninja-build Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ninja-build" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ninja-build on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ninja-build" package

Learn how to uninstall ninja-build 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 ninja-build package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ninja-build
Version: 1.11.1-1
Installed-Size: 417
Maintainer: Felix Geyer
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Suggests: python3
Description: small build system closest in spirit to Make
Description-md5: 5ef1371c63de86fcf36c1ddc875d2f26
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://ninja-build.org/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ninja-build/ninja-build_1.11.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 136236
MD5sum: 6c1ae140776d7753aec42f3368507483
SHA256: 247e1ee460895b7b75ba40c7c01c7b7dfc77f7625fcdc7ff92817815303e72a1