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

Last updated: May 21,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bash-completion" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bash-completion 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-completion" package

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

Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:2.11-6
Installed-Size: 1463
Maintainer: Gabriel F. T. Gomes
Architecture: all
Provides: dh-sequence-bash-completion
Description: programmable completion for the bash shell
Description-md5: 00158d11d140744fbdcfdd08e81901ad
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/scop/bash-completion
Tag: implemented-in::shell, interface::shell, role::plugin, role::program
Section: shells
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/b/bash-completion/bash-completion_2.11-6_all.deb
Size: 233912
MD5sum: 4d519c3a9913dc55f0fcaf71e4bc124a
SHA256: 8f79fbfae64b85ea54f63c6db688f2cd8cb079f40b6164f8b1f9451e37790549