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

Last updated: December 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "containerd" package

Learn how to install containerd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall containerd 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 containerd package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: containerd
Source: containerd (1.6.20~ds1-1)
Version: 1.6.20~ds1-1+b1
Installed-Size: 98389
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: runc (>= 0.1.0~), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: containernetworking-plugins
Breaks: docker.io (<< 1.12)
Description: open and reliable container runtime
Description-md5: 4bc30f4adbe6943e8488d804ccad7e89
Homepage: https://containerd.io/
Built-Using: continuity (= 0.3.0-1), go-md2man-v2 (= 2.0.2+ds1-1), golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-blackfriday-v2 (= 2.1.0-1), golang-dbus (= 5.1.0-1), golang-fsnotify (= 1.6.0-2), golang-github-appc-cni (= 1.1.2-1), golang-github-beorn7-perks (= 1.0.1-1), golang-github-blang-semver (= 4.0.0-1), golang-github-cespare-xxhash (= 2.1.1-2), golang-github-cilium-ebpf (= 0.9.1-1), golang-github-containerd-btrfs (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-containerd-cgroups (= 1.0.4-1), golang-github-containerd-console (= 1.0.3-1), golang-github-containerd-fifo (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-containerd-go-cni (= 1.1.7-2), golang-github-containerd-go-runc (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-containerd-typeurl (= 1.0.2-1), golang-github-containernetworking-plugins (= 1.1.1+ds1-3), golang-github-containers-ocicrypt (= 1.0.3-1), golang-github-coreos-bbolt (= 1.3.6-2), golang-github-coreos-go-systemd (= 22.3.2-1), golang-github-davecgh-go-spew (= 1.1.1-3), golang-github-docker-go-events (= 0.0~git20190806.e31b211-4), golang-github-docker-go-metrics (= 0.0.1-2), golang-github-docker-go-units (= 0.4.0-4), golang-github-docker-spdystream (= 0.2.0-1), golang-github-emicklei-go-restful (= 3.10.2-1), golang-github-fullsailor-pkcs7 (= 0.0~git20210826.33d0574-2), golang-github-go-logr-logr (= 1.2.3-1), golang-github-gogo-googleapis (= 1.4.0-2), golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-3 (= 1.3.5-4), golang-github-google-go-cmp (= 0.5.9-1), golang-github-google-gofuzz (= 1.2.0-1), golang-github-google-uuid (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-grpc-ecosystem-go-grpc-prometheus (= 1.2.0+git20191002.6af20e3-3), golang-github-hashicorp-errwrap (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-multierror (= 1.1.1-2), golang-github-imdario-mergo (= 0.3.12-1), golang-github-intel-goresctrl (= 0.3.0-2), golang-github-json-iterator-go (= 1.1.12-1), golang-github-klauspost-compress (= 1.15.12+ds1-3), golang-github-moby-locker (= 1.0.1-3), golang-github-moby-sys (= 0.0~git20220606.416188a-1), golang-github-modern-go-concurrent (= 1.0.3-1.1), golang-github-modern-go-reflect2 (= 1.0.2-2), golang-github-opencontainers-go-digest (= 1.0.0-2), golang-github-opencontainers-image-spec (= 1.1.0~rc2-3), golang-github-opencontainers-selinux (= 1.10.0+ds1-1), golang-github-opencontainers-specs (= 1.0.2.118.g5cfc4c3-1), golang-github-pelletier-go-toml (= 1.9.4-1), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-2), golang-github-prometheus-client-golang (= 1.14.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-client-model (= 0.3.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-common (= 0.39.0-2), golang-github-prometheus-procfs (= 0.8.0-3), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.6~git20210604-d5e0c0615ace-1), golang-github-urfave-cli (= 1.22.9-2), golang-github-vishvananda-netlink (= 1.1.0.125.gf243826-4), golang-github-vishvananda-netns (= 0.0~git20211101.5004558-1), golang-go-patricia (= 2.3.1-1), golang-go-zfs (= 3.0.0-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.4.0-1), golang-gogoprotobuf (= 1.3.2-3), golang-gogottrpc (= 1.1.1-1), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.7.0+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-oauth2 (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.1.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-text (= 0.7.0-1), golang-golang-x-time (= 0.3.0-1), golang-google-genproto (= 0.0~git20200413.b5235f6-3), golang-google-grpc (= 1.33.3-2), golang-google-protobuf (= 1.28.1-3), golang-gopkg-inf.v0 (= 0.9.1-2), golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2 (= 2.6.0-2), golang-k8s-klog (= 2.80.1-2), golang-k8s-sigs-structured-merge-diff (= 4.1.2+ds1-2), golang-k8s-sigs-yaml (= 1.3.0-1), golang-logrus (= 1.9.0-1), golang-opentelemetry-otel (= 1.1.0-2), golang-protobuf-extensions (= 1.0.1-3), golang-yaml.v2 (= 2.4.0-4), gotest.tools (= 3.0.3-1), runc (= 1.1.5+ds1-1)
Tag: admin::virtualization, implemented-in::TODO, implemented-in::python,
role::program, suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/containerd/containerd_1.6.20~ds1-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 25904956
MD5sum: 2cec4fd62c82a744742193d30f0d660d
SHA256: 1ebd0614b10ac8f9b8550870e08a44de595480e55e3c61f4b4ed6ffe505e8442