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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "equivs" package

This is a short guide on how to install equivs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall equivs on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: equivs
Version: 2.3.1
Installed-Size: 58
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Depends: debhelper, dpkg-dev, make, perl
Description: Circumvent Debian package dependencies
Description-md5: eecadd6e89bb6f575d54f8f256a154aa
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::packaging, implemented-in::perl,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian,
works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/equivs/equivs_2.3.1_all.deb
Size: 22732
MD5sum: 94855bfe932e82156b98923c0959b2f8
SHA256: 5d2af219b732f1a69a1787f7d98f4a4111ff59df1d98a47d33b3379195c2b65c