How to Install and Uninstall linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 26,2025

You can also install and uninstall the linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common 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 linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.69-1
Installed-Size: 56365
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: all
Description: Common header files for Linux 6.1.0-17
Description-md5: 696bc8ff0c7eebc9c7dc1ad67e005c03
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/l/linux/linux-headers-6.1.0-17-common_6.1.69-1_all.deb
Size: 9934488
SHA256: 270a88c004c833ce1596e80eb59b8d426dd1bf3007854e4bf71101b4ca2e4813