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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "busybox" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install busybox on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall busybox 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 busybox package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: busybox
Source: busybox (1:1.35.0-4)
Version: 1:1.35.0-4+b3
Installed-Size: 817
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: busybox-static
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Conflicts: busybox-static
Description: Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
Description-md5: b7707908219c331294f3f9e8d926a9dc
Homepage: http://www.busybox.net
Tag: admin::filesystem, admin::recovery, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, interface::shell, role::program,
scope::utility, works-with::archive, works-with::file, works-with::text
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/busybox/busybox_1.35.0-4+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 451800
MD5sum: 1bacaf7fb52b761e7bc2ffdca061db53
SHA256: 28249bea5fedba0efa6186b7c42cf3cb57ff1c1fbd850fc5a2fbf15c3c085bd6