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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "checkinstall" package

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


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

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


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

Package: checkinstall
Source: checkinstall (1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3)
Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3+b1
Installed-Size: 445
Maintainer: Stephen Gelman
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dpkg-dev, file, sensible-utils, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: make
Suggests: gettext
Description: installation tracker
Description-md5: 65a8e9c4837c96312620e0e3daa0cd3f
Homepage: http://checkinstall.izto.org
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::buildtools, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/checkinstall/checkinstall_1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 114012
MD5sum: f12121f01fa830e7618c9d2690adeda3
SHA256: ce9910c972d59498046b8c5b25464e123712444dd42aaa1242e7dca7a2015c8e