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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "packaging-dev" package

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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall packaging-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 packaging-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: packaging-dev
Version: 0.8.2
Installed-Size: 8
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: build-essential, debhelper, devscripts, dput-ng | dput | dupload, lintian, sbuild | cowbuilder | pbuilder, quilt
Recommends: apt-file, autoconf, automake, autopkgtest, autotools-dev, bzr-debian, cdbs, cmake, debian-policy, developers-reference | developers-reference-de | developers-reference-fr | developers-reference-ja, dh-autoreconf, dh-make, git-buildpackage, gnome-pkg-tools, gnupg, libtool, piuparts, pkg-kde-tools, svn-buildpackage
Suggests: mercurial-buildpackage
Description: convenient tools to develop packages
Description-md5: 69fde7bf0682bc5dae673fd770d8eefa
Tag: devel::debian, devel::packaging, role::metapackage
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/packaging-dev/packaging-dev_0.8.2_all.deb
Size: 2592
MD5sum: 3eb7f6585908b0e18b77d37634ace4ca
SHA256: e4f086d7c09111c9ffd9b66a636219277427537ff4a396c530a91262b7e05c13