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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libgtest-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libgtest-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libgtest-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgtest-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgtest-dev package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libgtest-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.13.0-5
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: googletest
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steve M. Robbins
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1460
Depends: googletest (= 1.13.0-5)
Filename: pool/universe/g/googletest/libgtest-dev_1.13.0-5_amd64.deb
Size: 260230
MD5sum: 8dcd85f57b256e4222e649875b53e0ed
SHA1: 244671d6af31a7319ea2bfb941a7c7579ee6b4a1
SHA256: 2caec71b4660938ffba8eb63b988976798656ba072ef850f8c46e3bd78b51a19
SHA512: 90311f8e6fb6a4373c6a02273b2b6f3b8595ce9eb3f60ff099e6eb8dbcf0f533f00ffc80e0c8a288e60d08ccf888aa619d77fa63c644878244c0fa5c3858bf52
Homepage: https://github.com/google/googletest
Description: Google's framework for writing C++ tests
Description-md5: 0f57efc74cf16270a96fc2540e04fd16