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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "debmirror" package

This tutorial shows how to install debmirror on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall debmirror 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 debmirror package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: debmirror
Version: 1:2.37
Installed-Size: 152
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: all
Depends: bzip2, libdigest-md5-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, liblockfile-simple-perl, libnet-perl, libwww-perl, perl, rsync, xz-utils
Recommends: ed, gpgv, patch
Suggests: gnupg
Description: Debian partial mirror script, with ftp and package pool support
Description-md5: 2b7436d4f5fcda5c9ebcf3fc42599f49
Tag: admin::file-distribution, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
protocol::TODO, protocol::ftp, protocol::http, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, use::downloading, use::synchronizing,
works-with::software:package
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/debmirror/debmirror_2.37_all.deb
Size: 56008
MD5sum: 0f28e0d093a46a3e1027268be9b757b0
SHA256: eb3b5af232dd4f2d45134bf2d3aaddc638e2a74b4083992ca98786bbd359452d