How to Install and Uninstall pkg-config Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

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1. Install "pkg-config" package

Learn how to install pkg-config on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pkg-config
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pkg-config" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall pkg-config on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: pkg-config
Source: pkgconf
Version: 1.8.1-1
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: Andrej Shadura
Architecture: amd64
Depends: pkgconf (>= 1.8.0-7~)
Description: manage compile and link flags for libraries (transitional package)
Description-md5: df0bd7e16369ac7330df23f92a214b3a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://pkgconf.org/
Tag: admin::configuring, devel::buildtools, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pkgconf/pkg-config_1.8.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 13688
MD5sum: 42e6f9997f8fb4568def20f75d25cce2
SHA256: 312b2bdeff4671f8e0d589c124554890e944dd083061e9ad6f129bc76a970765