How to Install and Uninstall wsl Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "wsl" package

Learn how to install wsl on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall wsl on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wsl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wsl package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: wsl
Version: 0.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 120
Maintainer: Daniel Jared Dominguez
Architecture: all
Depends: wget (>= 1.13) | curl, libxml2-utils
Recommends: xsltproc, gnupg, curl
Description: Wsman Shell Command Line "whistle"
Description-md5: 9b0a82cf07de44ae3fa1380f1b14f273
Homepage: http://linux.dell.com/files/wsl/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wsl/wsl_0.2.1-1_all.deb
Size: 19886
MD5sum: 2cdc6e2935d82b0cd1e38f2ad0cb58da
SHA256: 9922fd925262eb6dad3b29dbf2a8cc1006ca14f1dc8a6af7d85f6b0e0ef6da88