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

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "apt-src" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install apt-src on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: apt-src
Version: 0.25.3
Installed-Size: 75
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: all
Depends: libapt-pkg-perl (>= 0.1.6), dpkg-dev, apt, perl:any
Recommends: sudo, fakeroot, build-essential
Description: manage Debian source packages
Description-md5: c1c2aad38a3b3f83fa8835588c7f14b5
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::debian, devel::packaging,
hardware::storage, hardware::storage:cd, interface::commandline,
protocol::ftp, protocol::http, protocol::ipv6, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, use::downloading,
works-with::software:source
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-src/apt-src_0.25.3_all.deb
Size: 32696
MD5sum: 0981a4c6098f3cc1ef5da20b091eba2e
SHA256: 75e2bd3fc8a43d79f5df2d2d8951cda7e020c74414400ba063e012a6f7b1e59b