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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "python-apt-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install python-apt-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 "python-apt-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall python-apt-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 python-apt-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: python-apt-dev
Source: python-apt
Version: 2.6.0
Installed-Size: 55
Maintainer: APT Development Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-apt (>= 2.6.0), libapt-pkg-dev (>= 0.7.10)
Recommends: python3-dev
Description: Python interface to libapt-pkg (development files)
Description-md5: 57c4bd1cc13f9b16f01048f636ef0d16
Tag: devel::library
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/python-apt/python-apt-dev_2.6.0_all.deb
Size: 13584
MD5sum: bd5a4f88193061ce5c752a270fde8373
SHA256: bb6beb4528cd68e6d29e83149ca68927f804e63d93a8ca14db7ef5ef23683ae2