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

Last updated: November 07,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "lirc" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install lirc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall lirc 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 lirc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: lirc
Version: 0.10.1-7.2
Installed-Size: 2389
Maintainer: Debian Lirc Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: liblirc0 (= 0.10.1-7.2), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), python3, python3:any, libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.34), libftdi1-2 (>= 1.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), liblirc-client0, libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0, libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.12)
Recommends: gir1.2-vte-2.91, python3-yaml, python3-gi, systemd
Suggests: lirc-compat-remotes, lirc-drv-irman, lirc-doc, lirc-x, setserial, ir-keytable
Breaks: inputlirc (<< 19), lirc-modules-source (<< 0.9~), lirc-svga (<< 0.9~)
Description: Infra-red remote control support - daemons and utils
Description-md5: 1746eac586c652dde3396bfe4ec0c42b
Homepage: https://sf.net/p/lirc
Tag: hardware::input, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::server, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lirc/lirc_0.10.1-7.2_amd64.deb
Size: 489876
MD5sum: a775cd076bea5d6841da9bbd81abdc9a
SHA256: 3038e44e829aa0fe2b4948113d81eb882c063cc5039aeb821c8b7ce47455cb20