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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "curl" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install curl on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: curl
Version: 7.88.1-10+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 488
Maintainer: Alessandro Ghedini
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl4 (= 7.88.1-10+deb12u5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
Description-md5: f83293d10df083ae6f7bb7d01642913c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://curl.se/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ftp, protocol::gopher, protocol::http, protocol::imap,
protocol::ipv6, protocol::kerberos, protocol::ldap, protocol::pop3,
protocol::sftp, protocol::smtp, protocol::ssh, protocol::ssl,
protocol::telnet, protocol::tftp, role::program, scope::utility,
use::downloading, use::synchronizing, use::transmission,
works-with::file, works-with::mail
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/curl_7.88.1-10+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 314852
MD5sum: 1b723bb247b12dbe2ee99f6d7a0e4459
SHA256: e3f80e7399b9ea2e78eaf68a96db7062ca1c22717f63437198464d2eee66d650