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

Last updated: February 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hercules" package

Please follow the instructions below to install hercules on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall hercules 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 hercules package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: hercules
Version: 3.13-7
Installed-Size: 6382
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), libcap2-bin
Suggests: x3270
Description: System/370, ESA/390 and z/Architecture Emulator
Description-md5: c2e6a257bcc7031d61ecd415485a3bfc
Homepage: http://www.hercules-390.eu/
Tag: hardware::emulation, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hercules/hercules_3.13-7_amd64.deb
Size: 1409620
MD5sum: a17fd07b9f62edf0bcddd7cac58f8374
SHA256: d0cafc9e4d54e172052478f0e11e6ae79e484004fcba0d78d56a604074125abd