How to Install and Uninstall debhelper Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: June 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the debhelper on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "debhelper" package

This tutorial shows how to install debhelper on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                debhelper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "debhelper" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall debhelper on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                debhelper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the debhelper package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: debhelper
Version: 13.11.4
Installed-Size: 1412
Maintainer: Debhelper Maintainers
Architecture: all
Provides: debhelper-compat (= 9), debhelper-compat (= 10), debhelper-compat (= 11), debhelper-compat (= 12), debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-sequence-dwz, dh-sequence-elf-tools, dh-sequence-installinitramfs, dh-sequence-installsysusers, dh-sequence-single-binary, dh-sequence-systemd
Depends: autotools-dev, dh-autoreconf (>= 17~), dh-strip-nondeterminism (>= 0.028~), dpkg (>= 1.18.0~), dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.2~), dwz (>= 0.12.20190711), file (>= 3.23), libdebhelper-perl (= 13.11.4), libdpkg-perl (>= 1.17.14), man-db, po-debconf, perl:any
Suggests: dh-make
Breaks: cmake (<< 3.9~), meson (<< 0.40.0~)
Description: helper programs for debian/rules
Description-md5: c3d35229c1ce392f77324206e097b92e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::buildtools, devel::debian, devel::packaging,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/debhelper/debhelper_13.11.4_all.deb
Size: 941736
MD5sum: 43364736f3d2435ba2dc9aa6b6a517b7
SHA256: bd764e98a9204a4b6b2d9e7b461c50fdae579314309804baff93d21e0498b64b