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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "doas" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall doas 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 doas package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: doas
Source: opendoas (6.8.2-1)
Version: 6.8.2-1+b1
Installed-Size: 14
Maintainer: Scupake
Architecture: amd64
Depends: opendoas
Description: transitional package
Description-md5: bfe8ebc058cce6653c20fea6f85a4246
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/Duncaen/OpenDoas
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/opendoas/doas_6.8.2-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 3716
MD5sum: 07de75f9bec95bd50a171bd24e45987a
SHA256: 9766acc592ca3a4d13304e5eceb424ffab6070247ecaba6e091001dab29e3880