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

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "driverctl" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall driverctl 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 driverctl package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: driverctl
Version: 0.111-1
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Luca Boccassi
Architecture: all
Depends: udev
Description: Device driver control utility for Linux
Description-md5: 678c88cccbe6b9b83f574bceee4c4530
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/driverctl/driverctl
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/driverctl/driverctl_0.111-1_all.deb
Size: 7832
MD5sum: 3516db3925ad39cf251cd3b4ee4933ee
SHA256: 7ecbbd5d3eb8397fa00194982894d0e43588a160989b0b2c17ca1db2cbb15281