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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kiwi" package

This is a short guide on how to install kiwi on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall kiwi on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: kiwi
Version: 9.24.56-1
Installed-Size: 2517
Maintainer: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debootstrap, screen, python3-docopt, python3-lxml, python3-pyxattr, python3-requests, python3-simplejson, python3-yaml, python3:any
Description: Flexible OS Image and Appliance Builder
Description-md5: ba9bcb0db98764b7ab224945ede03b8f
Homepage: https://osinside.github.io/kiwi
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kiwi/kiwi_9.24.56-1_amd64.deb
Size: 301700
MD5sum: 5eea7b7c166892c6d03b62d1598a08dc
SHA256: d80f366f5a42d399f32b3fe69b61e04c3a0fe5b5b642c12e15bec426df7ef55e