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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

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1. Install "octave-dev" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall octave-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 octave-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: octave-dev
Source: octave
Version: 7.3.0-2
Installed-Size: 5168
Maintainer: Debian Octave Group
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: liboctave-dev (<< 6.3.0-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), octave (= 7.3.0-2), libreadline-dev | libreadline-gplv2-dev, libncurses5-dev, libhdf5-dev | libhdf5-openmpi-dev | libhdf5-mpich-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libblas-dev | libblas.so, liblapack-dev | liblapack.so, libfftw3-dev, gfortran, gcc, g++
Enhances: octave
Breaks: liboctave-dev (<< 6.3.0-1)
Description: development files for the GNU Octave language
Description-md5: 043714be64f3fab45c4f444484bf7bb1
Homepage: https://www.octave.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/octave/octave-dev_7.3.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 894912
MD5sum: 8c83ef021cae798a6cc226956fc5a4f5
SHA256: 0c54034a93ccb7d60ec81cd63c8e7d0b2b1e684d3736eb98c0778adc16986915