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

Last updated: April 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bash" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bash on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bash" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bash 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 bash package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bash
Source: bash (5.2.15-2)
Version: 5.2.15-2+b2
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 7164
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0), bash-doc (<= 2.05-1)
Depends: base-files (>= 2.1.12), debianutils (>= 5.6-0.1)
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.36), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Recommends: bash-completion (>= 20060301-0)
Suggests: bash-doc
Conflicts: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0)
Description: GNU Bourne Again SHell
Description-md5: 3522aa7b4374048d6450e348a5bb45d9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Tag: admin::TODO, devel::TODO, devel::interpreter, implemented-in::c,
interface::shell, interface::text-mode, role::program,
scope::application, suite::gnu, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: shells
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/b/bash/bash_5.2.15-2+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 1490660
MD5sum: d610fd7dab5e5a8bf29523543a418037
SHA256: 5325e63acaecb37f6636990328370774995bd9b3dce10abd0366c8a06877bd0d