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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

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1. Install "esbuild" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "esbuild" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall esbuild 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 esbuild package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: esbuild
Source: golang-github-evanw-esbuild (0.17.0-1)
Version: 0.17.0-1+b2
Installed-Size: 20452
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: node-esbuild (= 0.17.0-1+b2), node-esbuild-linux-x64, node-esbuild-wasm (= 0.17.0-1+b2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: nodejs
Description: extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier (program)
Description-md5: f7d7c17397288cf23e9634149eb121ad
Homepage: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild
Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1)
Static-Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1)
Section: javascript
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/golang-github-evanw-esbuild/esbuild_0.17.0-1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 5404852
MD5sum: 949375d22f5a7e635fa1011a009d3a03
SHA256: 8e268f457e822553fd8de26712c459682c9f21c3b529fdc181515647a128b3a8