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

Last updated: May 09,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "binfmtc" package

Please follow the steps below to install binfmtc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "binfmtc" package

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

Package: binfmtc
Version: 0.17-2.2
Installed-Size: 150
Maintainer: Junichi Uekawa
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), gcc, binutils, g++, binfmt-support | systemd
Recommends: libreadline-dev
Suggests: gfortran, gcj-jdk
Description: Execute C program as script
Description-md5: ecee66ef1f7ec71b9bd11b3337420843
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/binfmtc/binfmtc_0.17-2.2_amd64.deb
Size: 22820
MD5sum: c02463733d50cd0ab4aef18ab749932b
SHA256: 951cd0787784953051ecf293335469dc67d2959ebd666ef4629cd033a054247b