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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bluez" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall bluez 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 bluez package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bluez
Version: 5.66-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 4063
Maintainer: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bluez-audio (<= 3.36-3), bluez-input, bluez-network, bluez-serial, bluez-utils (<= 3.36-3), udev (<< 170-1)
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.17), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdw1 (>= 0.127), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libudev1 (>= 196), kmod, udev, lsb-base, default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
Conflicts: bluez-audio (<= 3.36-3), bluez-utils (<= 3.36-3)
Breaks: udev (<< 170-1)
Description: Bluetooth tools and daemons
Description-md5: ef25d6a9f4a57e78f32faa7b58ef4e59
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.bluez.org
Tag: admin::hardware, admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, devel::library,
hardware::bluetooth, implemented-in::c, protocol::TODO,
role::devel-lib, role::program, use::driver, use::synchronizing
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bluez/bluez_5.66-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1154580
MD5sum: 2c82fb351721f811bd38a8c60927db1b
SHA256: 1877119dfb80456235308d3a63fc0929a9173dc5fbefdf4c7e2a6cfbe7043bd7