How to Install and Uninstall apt-build Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 24,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "apt-build" package

This is a short guide on how to install apt-build on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-build
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-build" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall apt-build on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: apt-build
Version: 0.12.49
Installed-Size: 150
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: apt (>= 0.8.16~exp3), apt-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, devscripts, dpkg-dev (>= 1.9), g++, gcc, libappconfig-perl (>= 1.5), libapt-pkg-perl (>= 0.1.11), perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.7)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~)
Recommends: build-essential, fakeroot
Suggests: gfortran
Description: frontend to apt to build, optimize and install packages
Description-md5: 53f603818fd993e68be0ac08386d29c1
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::debian, devel::packaging,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, works-with::software:package,
works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-build/apt-build_0.12.49_amd64.deb
Size: 40064
MD5sum: cd7092b60707887f73b30d5bac8dbe19
SHA256: 1040dcf4b042ce64a579cbea33eb01ba3c63cac4b067381731d6994773787817