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

Last updated: December 28,2024

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

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1. Install "flatpak" package

Learn how to install flatpak on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall flatpak on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: flatpak
Version: 1.14.4-1
Installed-Size: 7368
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: xdg-app
Depends: adduser, bubblewrap (>= 0.5.0), default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus, fuse3, xdg-dbus-proxy (>= 0.1.0), libappstream4 (>= 0.10.0), libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libdconf1 (>= 0.26.0), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.67.3+git20210214), libgpgme11 (>= 1.1.8), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2), libmalcontent-0-0 (>= 0.6.0), libostree-1-1 (>= 2020.8), libpolkit-agent-1-0 (>= 0.105), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libseccomp2 (>= 2.5.2), libsystemd0, libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2)
Recommends: ca-certificates, desktop-file-utils, hicolor-icon-theme, gtk-update-icon-cache, libpam-systemd, p11-kit, polkitd | policykit-1, shared-mime-info, xdg-desktop-portal (>= 1.6), xdg-desktop-portal-gtk (>= 1.6) | xdg-desktop-portal-backend, xdg-user-dirs
Suggests: avahi-daemon, malcontent-gui
Conflicts: xdg-app
Description: Application deployment framework for desktop apps
Description-md5: f91acb1d2880527b2759bc5e2d99fbff
Homepage: https://flatpak.org/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/flatpak/flatpak_1.14.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1391984
MD5sum: bec9cc27eff3f01630a10e34229f7df6
SHA256: fd2be4b5847daaf4cce57f479397e12f6a2b9f4596fd7ee749be3730ff3c6797