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

Last updated: April 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "etherwake" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install etherwake on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall etherwake on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: etherwake
Source: etherwake (1.09-4)
Version: 1.09-4+b1
Installed-Size: 27
Maintainer: Pierre Blanc
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: wakeonlan
Description: tool to send magic Wake-on-LAN packets
Description-md5: 0406d33be6700e53b2f3c93ea70d5721
Tag: admin::boot, admin::power-management, hardware::power,
hardware::power:acpi, hardware::power:apm, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, interface::text-mode, role::program,
scope::utility, use::configuring, use::transmission
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/etherwake/etherwake_1.09-4+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 9294
MD5sum: 766d4d859e318b6ddddee71cc9de8d98
SHA256: 04f214d842b76ca49304c87dfd4e38c9ceb1543968157606ad02422ba842f292