How to Install and Uninstall libsecp256k1-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libsecp256k1-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libsecp256k1-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libsecp256k1-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsecp256k1-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libsecp256k1-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the libsecp256k1-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libsecp256k1-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1~20210825-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libsecp256k1
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptocoin Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1276
Depends: libsecp256k1-0 (= 0.1~20210825-2), pkg-config
Filename: pool/universe/libs/libsecp256k1/libsecp256k1-dev_0.1~20210825-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1171574
MD5sum: 3bea514acf161879c064c824dc480258
SHA1: e0e82f0f05295202ef3e26be50ce00e6b051978c
SHA256: a2791bfebf1803126bf950cdc4ddd792c33711b3db3da8724677cd6714c0929f
SHA512: b29db9a81fa3ad3a4a0b041ab5c863a133777ce35476ec7b2d1bd03b7f82a57095d634a2cfd5893a5879bd0a03c5a9e334c6a4bf26e3c2b88ebc6bdcfd783a0f
Homepage: https://github.com/bitcoin/secp256k1
Description: library for EC operations on curve secp256k1 - development headers
Description-md5: 3d3a5083d7abdc4cd06bd13d0346d318