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

Last updated: May 07,2024

You can also install and uninstall the initramfs-tools-core 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-core" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install initramfs-tools-core on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall initramfs-tools-core 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 initramfs-tools-core package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: initramfs-tools-core
Source: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.142
Installed-Size: 215
Maintainer: Debian kernel team
Architecture: all
Replaces: initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Depends: klibc-utils (>= 2.0.4-8~), cpio (>= 2.12), kmod, udev, coreutils (>= 8.24), logsave | e2fsprogs (<< 1.45.3-1~)
Recommends: busybox (>= 1:1.22.0-17~) | busybox-static (>= 1:1.22.0-17~), zstd
Suggests: bash-completion
Breaks: busybox (<< 1:1.22.0-17~), busybox-static (<< 1:1.22.0-17~), initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Description: generic modular initramfs generator (core tools)
Description-md5: 8d2ce4976ab4fb33b898ed3006a086fa
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, implemented-in::c, role::kernel
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools-core_0.142_all.deb
Size: 104720
MD5sum: 9db60e62fc2e417428d673281d93217b
SHA256: 133079a3634cbc94e83141745204adf510eb02e4f1912f6a297090256f8d2138