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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "initramfs-tools" package

Learn how to install initramfs-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "initramfs-tools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall initramfs-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.142
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Debian kernel team
Architecture: all
Provides: linux-initramfs-tool
Depends: initramfs-tools-core (= 0.142), linux-base
Suggests: bash-completion
Conflicts: linux-initramfs-tool, usplash (<< 0.5.50)
Breaks: e2fsprogs (<< 1.42.13), initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-59.3~), upstart
Description: generic modular initramfs generator (automation)
Description-md5: f406a6ad4452bdc36e9957a711143c2e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::boot, admin::filesystem, admin::install, admin::kernel,
devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, role::devel-lib,
role::program, scope::application, scope::utility, works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.142_all.deb
Size: 72864
MD5sum: b00b1c4ad31046ed1f80852bf20161f2
SHA256: dd1b867f0000d967471b0f775fdb3b4a534d4ae70bdb56a93b1ffcf60965813b