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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hello" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install hello on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall hello 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 hello package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: hello
Version: 2.10-3
Installed-Size: 277
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: hello-debhelper (<< 2.9), hello-traditional
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Conflicts: hello-traditional
Breaks: hello-debhelper (<< 2.9)
Description: example package based on GNU hello
Description-md5: c4a4aec43084cfb4a44c959b27e3a6d6
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/
Tag: devel::debian, devel::examples, devel::lang:c, devel::lang:posix-shell,
devel::packaging, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::documentation, role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian,
suite::gnu
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hello/hello_2.10-3_amd64.deb
Size: 53080
MD5sum: d04c2e9639dee67aa836d8232b1ca658
SHA256: 2e6e2f1a0007dc43bc91c273fd36e91e40a4f1c2765a03eca68b70a42103878a