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

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "gpiod" package

Please follow the guidance below to install gpiod on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gpiod on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gpiod
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gpiod package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: gpiod
Source: libgpiod
Version: 1.6.2-1
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: SZ Lin (林上智)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libgpiod2 (>= 1.5.1)
Description: Tools for interacting with Linux GPIO character device - binary
Description-md5: 9751b0d5a5fb84b3e5932cd199c5f5be
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgpiod/gpiod_1.6.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 24752
MD5sum: 7247c4c1248dcf010ee46123a2642ce9
SHA256: 907c00fa27fd599bb333034b62137932d638454315766dc19e581d55639250d7