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

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dselect" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dselect on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: dselect
Source: dpkg
Version: 1.21.22
Installed-Size: 1723
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libmd0 (>= 0.0.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6.1+20180210), libtinfo6 (>= 6.1+20180210)
Suggests: libdpkg-perl, perl
Description: Debian package management front-end
Description-md5: 269b383010cda7ddc3f6381398082aec
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::application, suite::debian, uitoolkit::ncurses,
works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dselect_1.21.22_amd64.deb
Size: 565004
MD5sum: 08a2b8afa14396e14135ec5025b5d587
SHA256: 9903681a49f80b18d70b8dc19a38d0ef09c1663e5ea81baac450c8c4f2e06259