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

Last updated: February 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libfaketime" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libfaketime on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libfaketime 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 libfaketime package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libfaketime
Source: faketime
Version: 0.9.10-2.1
Installed-Size: 146
Maintainer: Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: Report faked system time to programs (preload library)
Description-md5: 9717213973a84a29283491178debf275
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/wolfcw/libfaketime
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/faketime/libfaketime_0.9.10-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 47288
MD5sum: 09a95fde46f878888fc00e819c883e62
SHA256: b09481e7690680966005330c3f907bba4b5eefc35e1faaea4783cc55655d1150