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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bash-builtins" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bash-builtins" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall bash-builtins 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-builtins package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bash-builtins
Source: bash (5.2.15-2)
Version: 5.2.15-2+b2
Installed-Size: 1150
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Depends: bash (= 5.2.15-2+b2)
Description: Bash loadable builtins - headers & examples
Description-md5: af509aa37177542db29bd85c79695512
Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, interface::shell,
role::devel-lib, role::program, suite::gnu, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bash/bash-builtins_5.2.15-2+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 155352
MD5sum: e7717a30d6391c3522d2f0409e1eb4c5
SHA256: 7ba04ba479637864e1f171b7c1e64a4fe79351fd37aedb90f839125b077b5aa8