How to Install and Uninstall linux-source Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "linux-source" package

This is a short guide on how to install linux-source on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                linux-source
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "linux-source" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall linux-source 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-source package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: linux-source
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.76-1
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: all
Depends: linux-source-6.1 (= 6.1.76-1)
Description: Linux kernel source (meta-package)
Description-md5: 295a0aae79622b42802dfa4bda819ae6
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
role::devel-lib, role::metapackage
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/linux/linux-source_6.1.76-1_all.deb
Size: 1096
MD5sum: 158518a8489e5925045175ffea84a6b8
SHA256: c63563d8f1c020af3a361e17a1ce6d8adde9b16dd35e6f38b5b26fa00095c30e

Package: linux-source
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.69-1
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: all
Depends: linux-source-6.1 (= 6.1.69-1)
Description: Linux kernel source (meta-package)
Description-md5: 295a0aae79622b42802dfa4bda819ae6
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/l/linux/linux-source_6.1.69-1_all.deb
Size: 1096
SHA256: 9c75680d0870c924979eb51577e5efe7f9c6db0ad7f7d82b48be0f0b55c39428

Package: linux-source
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.67-1
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: all
Depends: linux-source-6.1 (= 6.1.67-1)
Description: Linux kernel source (meta-package)
Description-md5: 295a0aae79622b42802dfa4bda819ae6
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
role::devel-lib, role::metapackage
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/linux/linux-source_6.1.67-1_all.deb
Size: 1096
SHA256: cedee9346f374efb3f9156f818cee4e324756f6b2a7124010d7c41101d04274f

Package: linux-source
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.66-1
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: all
Depends: linux-source-6.1 (= 6.1.66-1)
Description: Linux kernel source (meta-package)
Description-md5: 295a0aae79622b42802dfa4bda819ae6
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
role::devel-lib, role::metapackage
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/linux/linux-source_6.1.66-1_all.deb
Size: 1096
MD5sum: 9ea2ebe7aa94be028d8defa00cc76a59
SHA256: 65ff89bdebb5e640bdda7e41841faacf719fa53464a83c93a6415bf4c97a23c0

Package: linux-source
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.52-1
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: all
Depends: linux-source-6.1 (= 6.1.52-1)
Description: Linux kernel source (meta-package)
Description-md5: 295a0aae79622b42802dfa4bda819ae6
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/l/linux/linux-source_6.1.52-1_all.deb
Size: 1096
SHA256: 75aa9109f2504224faa66ca44c9f2afb2f8d3a89b91c4a7c96d6c22bd9c09a5c

Package: linux-source
Source: linux
Version: 6.1.38-4
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: all
Depends: linux-source-6.1 (= 6.1.38-4)
Description: Linux kernel source (meta-package)
Description-md5: 295a0aae79622b42802dfa4bda819ae6
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/l/linux/linux-source_6.1.38-4_all.deb
Size: 1096
SHA256: fb68230b1d121d97d5e23672bb13c7754eb01e66d25ddd80e7978dfb2361ba85