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

Last updated: May 08,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kiwi-dracut-overlay" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install kiwi-dracut-overlay on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "kiwi-dracut-overlay" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall kiwi-dracut-overlay 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 kiwi-dracut-overlay package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: kiwi-dracut-overlay
Source: kiwi
Version: 9.24.56-1
Installed-Size: 23
Maintainer: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Architecture: amd64
Depends: kiwi-dracut-lib
Description: KIWI - Dracut module for VMX (+overlay) image type
Description-md5: acd5ef5f1a23d541f4a1bc0f9fa83801
Homepage: https://osinside.github.io/kiwi
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kiwi/kiwi-dracut-overlay_9.24.56-1_amd64.deb
Size: 4932
MD5sum: 4a9ea6b4a8366b0d8fc1d94193b94e8d
SHA256: 99b8cc20c23a0aacf10ee33bc6b380ec057b6c61e4c3f0686a66eca1e54e2145