How to Install and Uninstall dumb-init Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 02,2024

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

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1. Install "dumb-init" package

Learn how to install dumb-init on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dumb-init
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dumb-init" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall dumb-init on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: dumb-init
Version: 1.2.5-2
Installed-Size: 37
Maintainer: ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Description: wrapper script which proxies signals to a child
Description-md5: d6ce0e9df3158136b248ddf33a0d6468
Homepage: https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dumb-init/dumb-init_1.2.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 14052
MD5sum: 2b7fe331a95a1575f82b70e7c89699f2
SHA256: a8eae71eb01d0b1c378708a8dbef0247615e9f9d43dd7b37ca77958963360afd