How to Install and Uninstall java-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "java-common" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "java-common" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall java-common 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 java-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: java-common
Version: 0.74
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Architecture: all
Suggests: default-jre
Description: Base package for Java runtimes
Description-md5: 331c38b4382151ea9451e0a4ee764de7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Java/
Tag: devel::doc, devel::lang:java, role::documentation, suite::debian
Section: java
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/j/java-common/java-common_0.74_all.deb
Size: 6388
MD5sum: 3b4d8f8ee49f4dd56f113b0b254ef366
SHA256: 1133db3d800fce107089fbee5d435c67d30deed18978af2635c8e7bc45bfc550