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

Last updated: October 06,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "autopkgtest" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install autopkgtest on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "autopkgtest" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall autopkgtest 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 autopkgtest package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: autopkgtest
Version: 5.28
Installed-Size: 575
Maintainer: Debian CI team
Architecture: all
Depends: apt-utils, libdpkg-perl, procps, python3, python3-debian
Recommends: autodep8, fakeroot
Suggests: docker.io, fakemachine, lxc (>= 1:4.0.2-1~), lxd, ovmf, ovmf-ia32, python3-distro-info, qemu-efi-aarch64, qemu-efi-arm, qemu-system, qemu-utils, podman, schroot, util-linux (>= 2.38), vmdb2 (>= 0.22-1~), zerofree
Breaks: debci (<< 1.7~)
Description: automatic as-installed testing for Debian packages
Description-md5: 31d9217a487d44cfd80f0588068648cd
Tag: devel::debian, devel::testing-qa, implemented-in::python,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian,
use::checking, works-with::software:package
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/autopkgtest/autopkgtest_5.28_all.deb
Size: 161356
MD5sum: 631e0747ec79e9a391d4340363a9ae2d
SHA256: 0b33422b6dfa03114b55b06473b39075f4f8c188ce5d8f739688891b5fbae05b