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

Last updated: December 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "cpio" package

This is a short guide on how to install cpio on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cpio 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 cpio package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cpio
Version: 2.13+dfsg-7.1
Installed-Size: 1141
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cpio-mt
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: libarchive-dev
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Description: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
Description-md5: 5f492bf139a41f29fd2d6fcadf43606e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Tag: hardware::storage, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::storing,
works-with-format::tar, works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.13+dfsg-7.1_amd64.deb
Size: 245036
MD5sum: 3202b0e730eb92019cee3bd47ced792e
SHA256: 73d4a22bdd7eb6be1e480d6884b103eb500cfd539cc20ae0f3e44dd8b0614798