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

Last updated: February 17,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "licensecheck" package

Please follow the steps below to install licensecheck on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall licensecheck on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                licensecheck
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the licensecheck package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: licensecheck
Version: 3.3.5-1
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Depends: libfeature-compat-class-perl, libfeature-compat-try-perl, libio-interactive-perl, liblist-someutils-perl, liblog-any-perl, liblog-any-adapter-screen-perl, libnamespace-clean-perl, libpath-iterator-rule-perl, libpath-tiny-perl, libpod-constants-perl, libstrictures-perl, libstring-copyright-perl, libstring-escape-perl, libstring-license-perl, perl:any
Recommends: libregexp-pattern-license-perl (>= 3.9)
Suggests: bash-completion
Description: simple license checker for source files
Description-md5: cf2bf9782085ff3ee4afd641db8ceed3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Licensecheck
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, privacy::no-known-issues,
role::program, scope::utility, use::checking, use::scanning,
works-with::file, works-with::software:source, works-with::text
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/licensecheck/licensecheck_3.3.5-1_all.deb
Size: 49768
MD5sum: 6b8c4f549e66c672f7b4168f44760c1a
SHA256: 402064dc53531f42c35d9683a93763cc8d50423e1a634be992220c412640f97f