How to Install and Uninstall libpurple-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libpurple-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpurple-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libpurple-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                libpurple-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpurple-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpurple-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.14.1-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: pidgin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Richard Laager
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1134
Depends: libdbus-glib-1-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libpurple0 (<< 1:2.14.1+1~), libpurple0 (>= 1:2.14.1), pkg-config
Filename: pool/universe/p/pidgin/libpurple-dev_2.14.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 151100
MD5sum: 1048bedafb0221eca87454c81b5c6d71
SHA1: 724dfa33fa7ae96ccc6536320b77a3e83c6e3654
SHA256: d4c87b80cdf1f965172266b0d4e6af9c058b70f382d4781a23aaac9662261f15
SHA512: dbccbdb27b581f871cc7f5e811edaba806c5e478035228103769ce4f093f9429d689136dd12b97cef8b52e30622f0fc61b747edd9d63abc3ba083e1778c19a77
Homepage: https://www.pidgin.im
Description-en: multi-protocol instant messaging library - development files
This package contains the headers and other development files not included in
the main libpurple0 package. Install this if you wish to compile your own
client-agnostic plugins, or would like to compile programs that use
libpurple.
Description-md5: b17a06afcbe53ddca5dc2a149cb2f24d