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

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fakeroot" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install fakeroot on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall fakeroot on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: fakeroot
Version: 1.31-1.2
Installed-Size: 208
Maintainer: Clint Adams
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libfakeroot (>= 1.31-1.2), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: tool for simulating superuser privileges
Description-md5: db2730aa4872dbe27ff20c4aad3c5429
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, devel::packaging, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::devel-lib, role::program, role::shared-lib, scope::utility,
suite::debian
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_1.31-1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 66912
MD5sum: 8dc0b0aaf236ef916df7d7058ec28935
SHA256: 194fd3750e6d647f300045a266c20cc3a3d47f84fd2fc8ff8830c55098b63c0d