How to Install and Uninstall libnss3 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libnss3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libnss3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libnss3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnss3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnss3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libnss3 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 libnss3 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libnss3
Source: nss
Version: 2:3.87.1-1
Installed-Size: 4114
Maintainer: Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.34), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9)
Description: Network Security Service libraries
Description-md5: 8cae15b3c3c4e609abb7935ebf0d0f66
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nss/libnss3_3.87.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1330892
MD5sum: c7ae0550a72a0182eb5f2cc8b9116625
SHA256: 73af0c433bbdbabaad28b223c5d2f9c8aa399f764a72cfc9c1a625c3d587f279