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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gnome-software-common" package

This is a short guide on how to install gnome-software-common 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-common" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall gnome-software-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: gnome-software-common
Source: gnome-software
Version: 43.5-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 5501
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: all
Description: Software Center for GNOME (common files)
Description-md5: a52964f99bc0ad87fa14fa1afc5a66d8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software-common_43.5-1~deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 750652
MD5sum: 43f9a4d1b8b655c1dc53c9db496ded49
SHA256: 6ada0ada18604fbf2e9c8901aae0bc06bdbdc8efdc90a09adf6dc2fbb2c5bbdc