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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kiwix-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install kiwix-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall kiwix-tools 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-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: kiwix-tools
Source: kiwix-tools (3.3.0-3)
Version: 3.3.0-3+b1
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Kunal Mehta
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libkiwix11 (>= 11.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libzim8 (>= 8.0.0)
Description: collection of Kiwix tools
Description-md5: 8ccd3c668c7ea58cdfe9bc859bc643ec
Homepage: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-tools
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kiwix-tools/kiwix-tools_3.3.0-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 31148
MD5sum: aee2e389e05cccdc2b36f87adcdddb10
SHA256: 14df5e603d9c2fae196c68cad60a156cf34866c7eeba2930b3b388fce6ad5b4c