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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "govulncheck" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install govulncheck on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall govulncheck 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 govulncheck package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: govulncheck
Source: golang-golang-x-vuln
Version: 0.0~git20230201.4c848ed-1
Installed-Size: 9292
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: CLI for detecting vulnerabilities in Go packages
Description-md5: 5dcfe2ff6a2d5eb6e3c251e4e4c10cc0
Homepage: https://github.com/golang/vuln
Static-Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.5-1), golang-golang-x-exp (= 0.0~git20221028.83b7d23-2), golang-golang-x-mod (= 0.7.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-tools (= 1:0.2.0+ds-2)
Section: golang
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/golang-golang-x-vuln/govulncheck_0.0~git20230201.4c848ed-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3093592
MD5sum: 37c897237c99fd147d0a7b35367c1529
SHA256: 27f96b8de8bfccf99cc11dcd67b3589e8cfd82fe92f8d1a551fa5d1f18481798