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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "idn" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install idn on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: idn
Source: libidn
Version: 1.41-1
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Debian Libidn Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libidn12 (>= 1.13)
Description: Command line interface to GNU Libidn
Description-md5: 0931dd20dca4786217085f0a0e387fcc
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/
Tag: devel::i18n, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::lisp,
interface::commandline, role::plugin, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::emacs, suite::gnu, works-with::text, works-with::unicode
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libi/libidn/idn_1.41-1_amd64.deb
Size: 77284
MD5sum: 2d125203d6fc9ab219605c636091c43d
SHA256: c2b500bda31a599fb86e373127fb4a329c92b0ea881b054f7f809a97679de017