How to Install and Uninstall ca-certificates Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ca-certificates" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install ca-certificates on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ca-certificates
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ca-certificates" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ca-certificates on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: ca-certificates
Version: 20230311
Installed-Size: 384
Maintainer: Julien Cristau
Architecture: all
Depends: openssl (>= 1.1.1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Enhances: openssl
Breaks: ca-certificates-java (<< 20121112+nmu1)
Description: Common CA certificates
Description-md5: e867d2a359bea1800b5bff209fc65bd1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: protocol::ssl, role::app-data, security::authentication
Section: misc
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/c/ca-certificates/ca-certificates_20230311_all.deb
Size: 153456
MD5sum: cfc0b4e43c023cdfe87bfa4efac29b6e
SHA256: 5308b9bd88eebe2a48be3168cb3d87677aaec5da9c63ad0cf561a29b8219115c