How to Install and Uninstall gnome-characters Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 14,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gnome-characters" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gnome-characters on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnome-characters" package

Learn how to uninstall gnome-characters 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 gnome-characters package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gnome-characters
Version: 43.1-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 3653
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gnomedesktop-4.0, gir1.2-gtk-4.0 (>= 4.6), gir1.2-adw-1 (>= 1.2~alpha), gjs (>= 1.49), libglib2.0-bin, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.74.1)
Recommends: fonts-noto-color-emoji
Description: character map application
Description-md5: aaff70b065e65f1863b87e3865fb09a6
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap
Tag: accessibility::input, implemented-in::ecmascript, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-characters/gnome-characters_43.1-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 409828
MD5sum: b15a4e51f4673bc213053e6c93979c51
SHA256: 2efd02d1f34bfe32c80bf2833d665475428ea536c7aacabaa48f4d9ca4fc7c48