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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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
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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