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

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "zsh-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install zsh-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 "zsh-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall zsh-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 zsh-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: zsh-dev
Source: zsh (5.9-4)
Version: 5.9-4+b2
Installed-Size: 685
Maintainer: Debian Zsh Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: zsh-common (= 5.9-4)
Description: shell with lots of features (development files)
Description-md5: 958eee099c22df2f69105f5ecae036a2
Homepage: https://www.zsh.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zsh/zsh-dev_5.9-4+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 274196
MD5sum: fc1fc051f15a9dbc856c5371c2b99a90
SHA256: 46706c5e5e490d1438fdf9c8ce09c97967da84e64203771a1a2baad6cbb771c8