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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

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1. Install "faker" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install faker on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall faker 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 faker package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: faker
Version: 0.9.3-2
Installed-Size: 25
Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3, python3-fake-factory
Conflicts: ruby-faker (<< 2.21.0-1)
Description: Python program that generates fake data
Description-md5: 96b90c38ccac96c0b45e5d5bb1400462
Homepage: https://github.com/joke2k/faker
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/faker/faker_0.9.3-2_all.deb
Size: 14380
MD5sum: 47d3df082fcccd14d5467c0ad687eb16
SHA256: 350822ca025b25190712cdd1856d10c2a3ba146b26f3bbfe41c50d4c8c880c54