How to Install and Uninstall libgpm-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "libgpm-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libgpm-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libgpm-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgpm-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgpm-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgpm-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Samuelson
Architecture: amd64
Source: gpm
Version: 1.20.4-6.1
Provides: libgpmg1-dev
Depends: libgpm2 (= 1.20.4-6.1), libc6-dev | libc-dev
Conflicts: libgpmg1-dev
Filename: pool/main/g/gpm/libgpm-dev_1.20.4-6.1_amd64.deb
Size: 17218
MD5sum: d6b056d19889c3d73cf4947c37735ff5
SHA1: 29da111336273690ac2071828c33410a2309cc38
SHA256: 9f0f4d991be8e082eee4ed6763e1a6838b8f26d10a2bb9ee2d94074fc5f009a5
Description-en: General Purpose Mouse - development files
This package provides a library that handles mouse requests
and delivers them to applications. See the description for the 'gpm'
package for more information.
Description-md5: 9c6c4769bf624eea9163234b6f001a86
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m