How to Install and Uninstall libdeflate-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libdeflate-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libdeflate-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libdeflate-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libdeflate-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libdeflate-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libdeflate-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libdeflate-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libdeflate-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libdeflate
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 119
Depends: libdeflate0 (= 1.5-3)
Filename: pool/universe/libd/libdeflate/libdeflate-dev_1.5-3_amd64.deb
Size: 45052
MD5sum: 76416d4ff09da457293c980b91aed87c
SHA1: d3c72c700d04ab15fc8f91d15bc27a13af08c6a1
SHA256: 10f253dcb58e7b43bac7880d861293cb42f020bc888d20c5c633c2a3eccc4640
Homepage: https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate
Description: headers for whole-buffer compression and decompression library
Description-md5: 8fb6a0505167215902404e4430565ceb