How to Install and Uninstall binfmt-support Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "binfmt-support" package

Please follow the guidance below to install binfmt-support on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "binfmt-support" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall binfmt-support 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 binfmt-support package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: binfmt-support
Version: 2.2.2-2
Installed-Size: 209
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpipeline1 (>= 1.0.0)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: Support for extra binary formats
Description-md5: 29e82a31bb4248987c1cee43d589e134
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://nongnu.org/binfmt-support/
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::interpreter, devel::lang:c, devel::lang:perl,
devel::library, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::perl,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::debian
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/binfmt-support/binfmt-support_2.2.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 64012
MD5sum: 23a6eb75b26452291a73351747cc4f28
SHA256: 8549b643707e5a98b7cdc49bddd5e831ccbc6c415a4a60d00c29c726dd0a472b