How to Install and Uninstall linux-headers-amd64 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "linux-headers-amd64" package

This tutorial shows how to install linux-headers-amd64 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                linux-headers-amd64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "linux-headers-amd64" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall linux-headers-amd64 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                linux-headers-amd64
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the linux-headers-amd64 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: linux-headers-amd64
Source: linux-latest (105+deb10u16)
Version: 4.19+105+deb10u16
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: linux-headers-4.19.0-21-amd64
Description: Header files for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
Description-md5: c3bd37fd9656f71f4133642896829a35
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/l/linux-latest/linux-headers-amd64_4.19+105+deb10u16_amd64.deb
Size: 6996
MD5sum: e2171b32691c4d75ca9c899452996b2b
SHA256: 513229482a156fca5c342e5492e4f26b996c4c634d96b79377a09dd54eb0f7fd

Package: linux-headers-amd64
Source: linux-latest (105+deb10u15)
Version: 4.19+105+deb10u15
Installed-Size: 13
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: linux-headers-4.19.0-20-amd64
Description: Header files for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
Description-md5: c3bd37fd9656f71f4133642896829a35
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-latest/linux-headers-amd64_4.19+105+deb10u15_amd64.deb
Size: 6984
MD5sum: b17201d42ccceb31cbfd594a5eb71372
SHA256: 7beca7a99c5e984ace26a5dd9fe9f62b0aa4db39b0fe87ee4e850a4f07602747