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

Last updated: May 01,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bluetooth" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install bluetooth on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall bluetooth on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bluetooth
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bluetooth package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bluetooth
Source: bluez
Version: 5.66-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: bluez
Suggests: bluez-cups, bluez-obexd, bluez-meshd
Description: Bluetooth support (metapackage)
Description-md5: 9e39e616b43759f27940df27b76d2e46
Homepage: http://www.bluez.org
Tag: role::dummy
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bluez/bluetooth_5.66-1+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 38796
MD5sum: 8a5c7c93abea658d87ed325e412f504b
SHA256: 838b43fdc9b9731fea6f92982708c07a5b248b8968df2e484cf6ad3e91a9f86b