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

Last updated: December 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libwiringpi-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 "libwiringpi-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libwiringpi-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libwiringpi-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libwiringpi-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libwiringpi-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.50-0ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: wiringpi
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dave Jones
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 112
Depends: libwiringpi2 (= 2.50-0ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wiringpi/libwiringpi-dev_2.50-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 10012
MD5sum: 41840c047ac57705680ded348cadf2a9
SHA1: f5013b53878fcbac5557abddbafcdc41fa03a8e5
SHA256: 1eca59c4a90a9369504a7b097616c7b193f24cac94609ce318383286d1b97312
SHA512: e7235991358645c54937d6e7a60b2e2f570a73521c25565669f3a40496a94287fb842c35964c8c8852f3044cbfcfdbb748f1ed956e515507664522304766733c
Homepage: https://wiringpi.com/
Description: Raspberry Pi library for controlling GPIO devices
Description-md5: 110b0fbb80424301443946223bdbb941