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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dracut" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dracut on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dracut on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dracut
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dracut package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dracut
Version: 059-4
Installed-Size: 23
Maintainer: Thomas Lange
Architecture: all
Provides: linux-initramfs-tool
Depends: dracut-core (>= 059-4), dracut-core (<< 059-4+b+~)
Suggests: dracut-network
Conflicts: initramfs-tools, live-tools
Description: Initramfs generator using udev
Description-md5: ff5d73107edf988d1308accca8de03f4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/wiki/
Tag: implemented-in::c
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dracut/dracut_059-4_all.deb
Size: 6540
MD5sum: faf93bd5ad4acbaa4c14e3931e2d33b3
SHA256: 4c2710af5db03a849ec9335ed1bd9fb6ca955fd93c4f16c747d21ac51e529c1c