How to Install and Uninstall live-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "live-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install live-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                live-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "live-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall live-tools 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 live-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: live-tools
Version: 1:20190831.1
Installed-Size: 105
Maintainer: Live Systems Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: lsb-base, initramfs-tools
Suggests: debian-installer-launcher, eject, perl, procps, rsync, uuid-runtime
Description: Live System Extra Components
Description-md5: 57039af6c0e306caa347ec2cf2ceb0c3
Homepage: https://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/live-tools/
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/live-tools/live-tools_20190831.1_all.deb
Size: 26120
MD5sum: be904deb8878ed2ca4e5a232d3b846c0
SHA256: ce6f53c793860fca9106edec7a392205de043adbc473ffc77431fb2afa92b4ca