How to Install and Uninstall fake-hwclock Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 05,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fake-hwclock" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install fake-hwclock on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fake-hwclock" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall fake-hwclock 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 fake-hwclock package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fake-hwclock
Version: 0.12+nmu1
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Suggests: cron | cron-daemon, ntp
Description: Save/restore system clock on machines without working RTC hardware
Description-md5: ac2c87ffee999d93855a0d038bd06be6
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fake-hwclock/fake-hwclock_0.12+nmu1_all.deb
Size: 6336
MD5sum: 3fef483f5add503157446f372ab4da63
SHA256: 9fb739482b77a4ca17b913d3d9dae8145599bd0a8a2f055fb868d264da1a2fdb