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

Last updated: May 21,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "devscripts" package

Please follow the guidance below to install devscripts on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "devscripts" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall devscripts 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 devscripts package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.23.4+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 2665
Maintainer: Devscripts Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: hardening-includes, ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.124~)
Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.19), fakeroot, file, gnupg | gnupg2, gpgv | gpgv2, libfile-dirlist-perl, libfile-homedir-perl, libfile-touch-perl, libfile-which-perl, libipc-run-perl, libmoo-perl, libwww-perl, patchutils, sensible-utils, wdiff, perl:any, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: apt (>= 1.3~pre3), dctrl-tools, dput | dupload, libdistro-info-perl, libdpkg-perl, libencode-locale-perl, libgit-wrapper-perl, libgitlab-api-v4-perl, liblist-compare-perl, libstring-shellquote-perl, libtry-tiny-perl, liburi-perl, licensecheck, lintian, man-db, patch, python3-apt, python3-debian (>= 0.1.15), python3-magic, python3-requests, python3-unidiff, python3-xdg, strace, unzip, wget | curl, xz-utils, debian-keyring, equivs, liblwp-protocol-https-perl, libsoap-lite-perl, pristine-tar
Suggests: adequate, at, autopkgtest, bls-standalone, bsd-mailx | mailx, build-essential, check-all-the-things, cvs-buildpackage, debhelper, diffoscope, disorderfs, dose-extra (>= 4.0), duck, elpa-devscripts, faketime, gnuplot, how-can-i-help, libauthen-sasl-perl, libdbd-pg-perl, libfile-desktopentry-perl, libterm-size-perl, libtimedate-perl, libyaml-syck-perl, mmdebstrap, mozilla-devscripts, mutt, piuparts, postgresql-client, pristine-lfs, quilt, ratt, reprotest, ssh-client, svn-buildpackage, w3m
Breaks: hardening-includes, ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.147~)
Description: scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Description-md5: 41f53a68b87ffade2b75a9dd12b10f87
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::debian, devel::packaging, implemented-in::perl,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian,
use::checking, works-with::bugs, works-with::software:package,
works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.23.4+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1072740
MD5sum: f31f18c5479234357b5078300eb4bd22
SHA256: 92d14e7b2226163860b32ef6298c1347de5105b39a2a47c2e74643a1df58ebd8