How to Install and Uninstall libapt-pkg-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libapt-pkg-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libapt-pkg-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libapt-pkg-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libapt-pkg-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libapt-pkg-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libapt-pkg-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libapt-pkg-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libapt-pkg-dev
Source: apt
Version: 2.2.4
Installed-Size: 637
Maintainer: APT Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libapt-pkg (= 2.2.4), zlib1g-dev
Description: development files for APT's libapt-pkg and libapt-inst
Description-md5: 8e463f77664788b23a47f5ac592f4595
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::debian, devel::lang:c++,
devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::program, suite::debian,
works-with::software:package
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_2.2.4_amd64.deb
Size: 249204
MD5sum: d6ba86a48eabf1988fe22ab717f37795
SHA256: 47b68f2d12937baa76b32de0f0f7272ed60d7ce211b166894a07288ceeeefd6a