How to Install and Uninstall dphys-swapfile Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 19,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dphys-swapfile" package

This tutorial shows how to install dphys-swapfile on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dphys-swapfile
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dphys-swapfile" package

Learn how to uninstall dphys-swapfile 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 dphys-swapfile package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dphys-swapfile
Version: 20100506-7.1
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: all
Depends: dc, e2fsprogs, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: Autogenerate and use a swap file
Description-md5: b00608070510dc33cb909eeb3fb6aa5f
Homepage: http://neil.franklin.ch/Projects/dphys-swapfile/
Tag: implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dphys-swapfile/dphys-swapfile_20100506-7.1_all.deb
Size: 19412
MD5sum: f17d0faac2464d9c15af856a197a177e
SHA256: 959fffe393110f756a082fd53a52fd2c8b34aece5c4048eeb52c7312acce4f45