How to Install and Uninstall apache2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the apache2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "apache2" package

Please follow the instructions below to install apache2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "apache2" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall apache2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apache2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: apache2
Version: 2.4.57-2
Installed-Size: 566
Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: httpd, httpd-cgi
Depends: apache2-bin (= 2.4.57-2), apache2-data (= 2.4.57-2), apache2-utils (= 2.4.57-2), lsb-base, media-types, perl:any, procps
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: ssl-cert
Suggests: apache2-doc, apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom, www-browser
Description: Apache HTTP Server
Description-md5: d02426bc360345e5acd45367716dc35c
Homepage: https://httpd.apache.org/
Tag: role::metapackage, suite::apache
Section: httpd
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apache2/apache2_2.4.57-2_amd64.deb
Size: 214864
MD5sum: 3e510937d7323527502133b230614002
SHA256: 5857cb3cfd29597c3b4898b788b048b2c0bcf092012773c330459dc9abfbb63f