How to Install and Uninstall dpkg-dev Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "dpkg-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dpkg-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall dpkg-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 dpkg-dev package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: dpkg-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 1.22.0ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: dpkg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1806
Provides: dpkg-build-api (= 0), dpkg-build-api (= 1)
Depends: perl:any, libdpkg-perl (= 1.22.0ubuntu1), tar (>= 1.28-1), bzip2, xz-utils (>= 5.4.0), patch (>= 2.7), make, binutils, lto-disabled-list
Recommends: build-essential, gcc | c-compiler, fakeroot, gnupg | sq | sqop | pgpainless-cli, gpgv | sq | sqop | pgpainless-cli, libalgorithm-merge-perl
Suggests: debian-keyring
Breaks: debhelper (<< 10.10.1~), libsop-java-java (<< 4.0.7~), pgpainless-cli (<< 1.3.13~), sq (<< 0.25.0~), sqop (<< 0.27.2~)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg-dev_1.22.0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 1137146
MD5sum: 82c04e4c16f46a66b2c4c5a50732bf98
SHA1: 5e25c7d625d28b48a8cf84b51198c004ea05988d
SHA256: 166ab0e835ee9bef80df9ad3eca22891ab5c6d919b9b7b82fb8638c3a78a9bd9
SHA512: 80bcfb740e73aa7fad84942b891b35ec92096b013bf372347728c24d17eaa098d72f4f453c81e70b3881b8fa2b2565ec0ecc37aec228f97d167f8aeec3bdc90b
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Description: Debian package development tools
Description-md5: 2eaf4b4a1cef9584869950f3a52106fc
Task: ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-unity-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi
Build-Essential: yes