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

Last updated: May 03,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "expat" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install expat on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall expat 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 expat package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: expat
Version: 2.5.0-1
Installed-Size: 69
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libexpat1 (>= 2.4.1)
Description: XML parsing C library - example application
Description-md5: 946951e418841b66002f30694d1a0b72
Homepage: https://libexpat.github.io/
Tag: devel::examples, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, works-with-format::xml
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/expat/expat_2.5.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 40136
MD5sum: f7f9093756845e51587d132c87302110
SHA256: c8050ebd1a5cc0500e8d369fd8255c290ef781ffa13379102b4698bec5e83503