How to Install and Uninstall base-files Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "base-files" package

This is a short guide on how to install base-files on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "base-files" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall base-files 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 base-files package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: base-files
Version: 12.4+deb12u5
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 341
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: base, dpkg (<= 1.15.0), miscutils
Provides: base
Pre-Depends: awk
Breaks: debian-security-support (<< 2019.04.25), initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3), sendfile (<< 2.1b.20080616-5.2~)
Description: Debian base system miscellaneous files
Description-md5: 6d16337f57b84c4747f56438355b2395
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::filesystem, admin::install, admin::login,
role::app-data, suite::debian
Section: admin
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_12.4+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 70756
MD5sum: c602d8cd4337f0e9e845e5f2b2345c4f
SHA256: 6c11268757a89f45c22d7a7a9e1153f1545016987531bf3068765a221e0af86c