How to Install and Uninstall i2c-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the i2c-tools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "i2c-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install i2c-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "i2c-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall i2c-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                i2c-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i2c-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: i2c-tools
Source: i2c-tools (4.3-2)
Version: 4.3-2+b3
Installed-Size: 318
Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libi2c0 (>= 4.0), perl:any, adduser, udev
Recommends: read-edid
Suggests: libi2c-dev, python3-smbus
Description: heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux
Description-md5: 675f45359e19feae2eb165a5b0b5bdd7
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/i2c-tools/
Tag: hardware::detection, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/i2c-tools/i2c-tools_4.3-2+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 79976
MD5sum: d25376366a4a032581aa35aefd653ee1
SHA256: d80ffe2114495bac88396334d74dde7c10d3ad75ea19b64f283e67aba08c8302