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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "freenect" package

This tutorial shows how to install freenect on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "freenect" package

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

Package: freenect
Source: libfreenect (1:0.5.3-3)
Version: 1:0.5.3-3+b1
Installed-Size: 16
Maintainer: Nicolas Bourdaud
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libfreenect-bin, libfreenect-dev, libfreenect0.5, libfreenect-doc
Description: library for accessing Kinect device -- metapackage
Description-md5: 378022b056f3d5950f489fb32cf98918
Homepage: http://openkinect.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libf/libfreenect/freenect_0.5.3-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 5432
MD5sum: eeda5eb870e17dac2b3bc0f48fd543eb
SHA256: 43962afe8a4f0f633419eacbed46120d5da22deff522f0fff142767af6df849d