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

Last updated: January 22,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "direnv" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "direnv" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall direnv 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 direnv package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: direnv
Source: direnv (2.32.1-2)
Version: 2.32.1-2+b4
Installed-Size: 6549
Maintainer: Punit Agrawal
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: Utility to set directory specific environment variables
Description-md5: eb622bfa54c9d46458c730287447bda5
Homepage: http://direnv.net/
Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-github-mattn-go-isatty (= 0.0.17-1), golang-golang-x-mod (= 0.7.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-toml (= 1.2.0-2)
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/direnv/direnv_2.32.1-2+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 2233372
MD5sum: bc9773cf2d1d8bfdc4be7f5282cc8100
SHA256: 9b46634d3591a4347e6c6e3ec741619c3d7c4538dfc2a02ca31e7182e2a02798