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

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "composer" package

Please follow the steps below to install composer on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall composer 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 composer package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: composer
Version: 2.5.5-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 2714
Maintainer: Debian PHP PEAR Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: php-cli, php-common, php-composer-ca-bundle (>= 1.0), php-composer-ca-bundle (<< 2~~), php-composer-class-map-generator (>= 1.0), php-composer-class-map-generator (<< 2~~), php-composer-metadata-minifier (>= 1.0), php-composer-metadata-minifier (<< 2~~), php-composer-semver (>= 3.0), php-composer-semver (<< 4~~), php-composer-spdx-licenses (>= 1.5.7), php-composer-spdx-licenses (<< 2~~), php-composer-xdebug-handler (>> 2.0.2), php-json-schema (>= 5.2.11), php-json-schema (<< 6~~), php-psr-log, jsonlint (>= 1.4), jsonlint (<< 2~~), php-symfony-console (>> 5.4.11), php-symfony-filesystem (>> 5.4), php-symfony-finder (>> 5.4), php-symfony-process (>> 5.4), php-react-promise (>= 2.8), php-react-promise (<< 3~~), php-composer-pcre (>> 2.1), php-seld-signal-handler (>= 2.0), php-seld-signal-handler (<< 3~~)
Suggests: fossil, mercurial, subversion, php-zip
Description: dependency manager for PHP
Description-md5: e03f8a4cfea1bad44f653aea93886b7d
Homepage: https://getcomposer.org/
Recommends: git, unzip
Section: php
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/c/composer/composer_2.5.5-1+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 492108
SHA256: d6c0868c46c6e964a722b7bf7f8a672ac09f0f6b76ab847655c469099ad81b11

Package: composer
Version: 2.5.5-1
Installed-Size: 2711
Maintainer: Debian PHP PEAR Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: php-cli, php-common, php-composer-ca-bundle (>= 1.0), php-composer-ca-bundle (<< 2~~), php-composer-class-map-generator (>= 1.0), php-composer-class-map-generator (<< 2~~), php-composer-metadata-minifier (>= 1.0), php-composer-metadata-minifier (<< 2~~), php-composer-semver (>= 3.0), php-composer-semver (<< 4~~), php-composer-spdx-licenses (>= 1.5.7), php-composer-spdx-licenses (<< 2~~), php-composer-xdebug-handler (>> 2.0.2), php-json-schema (>= 5.2.11), php-json-schema (<< 6~~), php-psr-log, jsonlint (>= 1.4), jsonlint (<< 2~~), php-symfony-console (>> 5.4.11), php-symfony-filesystem (>> 5.4), php-symfony-finder (>> 5.4), php-symfony-process (>> 5.4), php-react-promise (>= 2.8), php-react-promise (<< 3~~), php-composer-pcre (>> 2.1), php-seld-signal-handler (>= 2.0), php-seld-signal-handler (<< 3~~)
Recommends: git, unzip
Suggests: fossil, mercurial, subversion, php-zip
Description: dependency manager for PHP
Description-md5: e03f8a4cfea1bad44f653aea93886b7d
Homepage: https://getcomposer.org/
Section: php
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/composer/composer_2.5.5-1_all.deb
Size: 491528
MD5sum: d95225766bb64cceb98b809938937150
SHA256: 0a9e9c5f40d6f618d2849bd02a09b7a682164fef08d87836852f728ced6bc4b1