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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "packaging-dev" package

Learn how to install packaging-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                packaging-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "packaging-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall packaging-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                packaging-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the packaging-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: packaging-dev
Version: 0.8+nmu1
Installed-Size: 8
Maintainer: Benjamin Drung
Architecture: all
Depends: build-essential, debhelper, devscripts, dput | dput-ng | dupload, lintian, pbuilder | cowbuilder | sbuild, quilt
Recommends: apt-file, autoconf, automake, autopkgtest, autotools-dev, bzr-builddeb, cdbs, cmake, debian-policy, developers-reference | developers-reference-de | developers-reference-fr | developers-reference-ja, dh-autoreconf, dh-make, git-buildpackage, gnome-pkg-tools, gnupg, libtool, piuparts, pkg-kde-tools, svn-buildpackage
Suggests: mercurial-buildpackage
Description: convenient tools to develop packages
Description-md5: 69fde7bf0682bc5dae673fd770d8eefa
Tag: devel::debian, devel::packaging, role::metapackage
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/packaging-dev/packaging-dev_0.8+nmu1_all.deb
Size: 2800
MD5sum: 55713286685dab6abc4b743e7dccd283
SHA256: 9a233b9d0459f1ac34f4cd807fd0540cce9aaf0402465285df31ade9e8ae9b60