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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "coreutils" package

Please follow the instructions below to install coreutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: coreutils
Version: 9.1-1
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 18062
Maintainer: Michael Stone
Architecture: amd64
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.44), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Description: GNU core utilities
Description-md5: d0d975dec3625409d24be1238cede238
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://gnu.org/software/coreutils
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/c/coreutils/coreutils_9.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2896560
MD5sum: 422d5a39db59ce199e9588ac35167081
SHA256: 61038f857e346e8500adf53a2a0a20859f4d3a3b51570cc876b153a2d51a3091