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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "gnome-software" package

Please follow the guidance below to install gnome-software on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnome-software" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gnome-software on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: gnome-software
Version: 43.5-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 3008
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: appstream, apt-config-icons, gnome-software-common (= 43.5-1~deb12u1), gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 3.18), libgtk3-perl, packagekit (>= 1.1.11), software-properties-gtk, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libadwaita-1-0 (>= 1.2~alpha), libappstream4 (>= 0.14.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libfwupd2 (>= 1.5.6), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.70.0), libgtk-4-1 (>= 4.6), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.6.0), libmalcontent-0-0 (>= 0.6.0), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 1.2.5), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libsoup-3.0-0 (>= 3.0.3), libxmlb2 (>= 0.3.2)
Recommends: fwupd
Suggests: apt-config-icons-hidpi, gnome-software-plugin-flatpak, gnome-software-plugin-snap
Conflicts: sessioninstaller
Description: Software Center for GNOME
Description-md5: c18037138f62996f54244e20a5eee15b
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software_43.5-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 623616
MD5sum: 86daf36c59fc570845b45a9f9ba4556d
SHA256: f62800a163273620b578352e2e6d23a1501f1cc9f37afc039e71f19e354e2fd5