How to Install and Uninstall dpkg-cross Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

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1. Install "dpkg-cross" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dpkg-cross on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dpkg-cross" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall dpkg-cross 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 dpkg-cross package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dpkg-cross
Version: 2.6.20
Installed-Size: 79
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, dpkg-dev (>= 1.14.7), libconfig-auto-perl, libdebian-dpkgcross-perl (= 2.6.20), cross-config
Recommends: fakeroot
Suggests: binutils-multiarch
Breaks: debhelper (<< 8.1.2~)
Description: tools for cross compiling Debian packages
Description-md5: da6a0d24da5ca7878f8305569fda7023
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg-cross/dpkg-cross_2.6.20_all.deb
Size: 25760
MD5sum: 16d1ef1cb1229fb82bee768d3bdac061
SHA256: 82a05408047da0c22cc520b0e4d4739d78f9c6dc6921f5539263c555c78d8af2