How to Install and Uninstall libssl3 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 01,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libssl3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libssl3" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libssl3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libssl3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libssl3 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 libssl3 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libssl3
Source: openssl
Version: 3.0.11-1~deb12u2
Installed-Size: 6010
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
Description-md5: 88547c6206c7fbc4fcc7d09ce100d210
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/libssl3_3.0.11-1~deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 2018504
MD5sum: 587a34e5ce31e331fbc0a1b7692ca489
SHA256: 6e129c5814812b3516a656ae5b664b9970e2f8823250cd5b98190f21c0de2bca