How to Install and Uninstall cpp Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "cpp" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cpp on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cpp" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cpp on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 cpp package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: cpp
Source: gcc-defaults (1.190)
Version: 4:10.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 42
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: cpp-10 (>= 10.2.1-3~)
Suggests: cpp-doc
Conflicts: cpp-doc (<< 1:2.95.3)
Description: GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
Description-md5: aa450f6a454bdd6b0d8d9862a9240255
Multi-Arch: allowed
Build-Essential: yes
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::dummy,
role::metapackage, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu,
works-with::software:source
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-defaults/cpp_10.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 19748
MD5sum: 507703598156ddf97313515e3586aa57
SHA256: 43bf075f7da8d2a30ab0799452ec49c2ae4fb47260f406f5470e2b63593f795b