How to Install and Uninstall zlib1g-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the zlib1g-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "zlib1g-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install zlib1g-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 "zlib1g-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall zlib1g-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                zlib1g-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zlib1g-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: zlib1g-dev
Source: zlib
Version: 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 1310
Maintainer: Mark Brown
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libz-dev
Depends: zlib1g (= 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: zlib1-dev
Description: compression library - development
Description-md5: d7f4e8a626131fc83c643c5d59096290
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://zlib.net/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::program, use::compressing
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-dev_1.2.13.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 916272
MD5sum: 1786e234d8245882ccac5a8defa5ff5f
SHA256: f9ce531f60cbd5df37996af9370e0171be96902a17ec2bdbd8d62038c354094f