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

Last updated: November 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "chromium" package

This guide let you learn how to install chromium on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall chromium 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 chromium package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: chromium
Version: 122.0.6261.111-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 232976
Maintainer: Debian Chromium Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.17), libatk-bridge2.0-0 (>= 2.5.3), libatk1.0-0 (>= 2.2.0), libatomic1 (>= 4.8), libatspi2.0-0 (>= 2.9.90), libc6 (>= 2.35), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libcups2 (>= 1.7.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdouble-conversion3 (>= 2.0.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libexpat1 (>= 2.1~beta3), libflac12 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.10.1), libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1:1.5.0), libjsoncpp25 (>= 1.9.5), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.2+git20110628), libminizip1 (>= 1.1), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.31), libopenh264-7 (>= 2.3.1+dfsg), libopenjp2-7 (>= 2.2.0), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsnappy1v5 (>= 1.1.9), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libwebp7 (>= 1.2.4), libwebpdemux2 (>= 1.2.4), libwebpmux3 (>= 1.2.4), libwoff1 (>= 1.0.0), libx11-6, libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2), libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxnvctrl0, libxrandr2, libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.27), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2), libgtk-3-0 | xdg-desktop-portal-backend, chromium-common (= 122.0.6261.111-1~deb12u1)
Suggests: chromium-l10n, chromium-shell, chromium-driver
Conflicts: libgl1-mesa-swx11, libnettle4, libsecret-1-0 (<< 0.18)
Breaks: chromium-lwn4chrome (<= 1.0-2), chromium-tt-rss-notifier (<= 0.5.2-2)
Description: web browser
Description-md5: 3a7ed4512cf49e4fe53b4490bcc1060b
Homepage: http://www.chromium.org/Home
Recommends: chromium-sandbox
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/c/chromium/chromium_122.0.6261.111-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 73256872
SHA256: 6a39db485886bbd1439b6fe494cbb37fed91b5688262b6a2e26a3074f7105522

Package: chromium
Version: 121.0.6167.139-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 229483
Maintainer: Debian Chromium Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.17), libatk-bridge2.0-0 (>= 2.5.3), libatk1.0-0 (>= 2.2.0), libatomic1 (>= 4.8), libatspi2.0-0 (>= 2.9.90), libc6 (>= 2.35), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libcups2 (>= 1.7.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdouble-conversion3 (>= 2.0.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libexpat1 (>= 2.1~beta3), libflac12 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.10.1), libgbm1 (>= 17.1.0~rc2), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1:1.5.0), libjsoncpp25 (>= 1.9.5), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.2+git20110628), libminizip1 (>= 1.1), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.31), libopenh264-7 (>= 2.3.1+dfsg), libopenjp2-7 (>= 2.2.0), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsnappy1v5 (>= 1.1.9), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libwebp7 (>= 1.2.4), libwebpdemux2 (>= 1.2.4), libwebpmux3 (>= 1.2.4), libwoff1 (>= 1.0.0), libx11-6, libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2), libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxnvctrl0, libxrandr2, libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.27), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2), libgtk-3-0 | xdg-desktop-portal-backend, chromium-common (= 121.0.6167.139-1~deb12u1)
Recommends: chromium-sandbox
Suggests: chromium-l10n, chromium-shell, chromium-driver
Conflicts: libgl1-mesa-swx11, libnettle4, libsecret-1-0 (<< 0.18)
Breaks: chromium-lwn4chrome (<= 1.0-2), chromium-tt-rss-notifier (<= 0.5.2-2)
Description: web browser
Description-md5: 3a7ed4512cf49e4fe53b4490bcc1060b
Homepage: http://www.chromium.org/Home
Tag: devel::interpreter, devel::lang:ecmascript, devel::runtime, devel::web,
implemented-in::c++, implemented-in::ecmascript, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, network::client, protocol::TODO, protocol::ftp,
protocol::gopher, protocol::http, protocol::ipv6, protocol::ssl,
role::program, scope::application, uitoolkit::TODO, uitoolkit::gtk,
use::browsing, use::downloading, use::viewing, web::browser,
web::scripting, works-with-format::TODO, works-with-format::gif,
works-with-format::html, works-with-format::jpg,
works-with-format::json, works-with-format::mp3,
works-with-format::oggtheora, works-with-format::oggvorbis,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with-format::png,
works-with-format::svg, works-with-format::xml,
works-with-format::xml:rss, works-with-format::xml:xslt,
works-with::audio, works-with::image, works-with::image:raster,
works-with::image:vector, works-with::text, works-with::video,
x11::application
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/chromium/chromium_121.0.6167.139-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 72268404
MD5sum: 06b4b807767e59a9f1e0ebde679ba01c
SHA256: 5f0ea8a240211a044fb788957c9a9bd8844339ef4555616d61a89ae7c603deb5