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

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kiwix" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall kiwix 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 kiwix package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: kiwix
Version: 2.3.0-1
Installed-Size: 1366
Maintainer: Kunal Mehta
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libkiwix11 (>= 11.0.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.14.1) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.14.1), libqt5network5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5webchannel5 (>= 5.6.1), libqt5webenginecore5 (>= 5.12.2), libqt5webenginewidgets5 (>= 5.14.1), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.15.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libzim8 (>= 8.0.0)
Description: offline Wikipedia reader
Description-md5: 99bef679eabee2c0b77feae1a45d88ca
Homepage: https://www.kiwix.org/
Tag: uitoolkit::qt
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kiwix/kiwix_2.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 536080
MD5sum: c1300bb2982c4e919f45d362eaab06c7
SHA256: 66ec1db9f0ee3468edc21e60fc4e84497b96a873f52b491239d06ef53cb21229