How to Install and Uninstall console-setup-linux Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "console-setup-linux" package

This is a short guide on how to install console-setup-linux on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "console-setup-linux" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall console-setup-linux 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 console-setup-linux package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: console-setup-linux
Source: console-setup
Version: 1.221
Installed-Size: 2192
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: all
Replaces: console-setup (<< 1.71), console-terminus
Provides: console-terminus
Depends: kbd (>= 0.99-12) | console-tools (>= 1:0.2.3-16), keyboard-configuration (= 1.221), init-system-helpers (>= 1.29~) | initscripts
Suggests: console-setup
Conflicts: console-setup-freebsd
Breaks: console-cyrillic (<= 0.9-11), console-setup (<< 1.71), console-terminus
Description: Linux specific part of console-setup
Description-md5: 344215f6cd3c78235b14195ca3b44ec5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: implemented-in::TODO, role::program
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/console-setup/console-setup-linux_1.221_all.deb
Size: 1882036
MD5sum: a98b4b6035387b67ad6e7e67e1e288de
SHA256: 65fac4777b0d36e48d90c577ba296c9ceeb051210aa1bf405925e2bf6bc6fecd