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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "lxc" package

Learn how to install lxc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall lxc 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 lxc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: lxc
Version: 1:5.0.2-1+deb12u2
Installed-Size: 25647
Maintainer: pkg-lxc
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dnsmasq-base, iproute2, liblxc-common (= 1:5.0.2-1+deb12u2), lsb-base, nftables | iptables, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libapparmor1 (>= 2.6~devel), libc6 (>= 2.36), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), liblxc1 (>= 1:3.0.2), libseccomp2 (>= 2.5.0), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Recommends: apparmor, debootstrap, dirmngr, gnupg, libpam-cgfs, lxc-templates, lxcfs, openssl, rsync, uidmap, wget
Suggests: btrfs-progs, lvm2, python3-lxc
Description: Linux Containers userspace tools
Description-md5: 4ece0dffd153c29e95ffdb89f8238dfc
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Tag: admin::virtualization, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::python,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::application,
suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lxc/lxc_5.0.2-1+deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 2751392
MD5sum: 0c6aac4ddb468e762d8cd01af3a0fb23
SHA256: ab4dd70701fe0b1e2af6f625ca1b4f55153b995d20c73a7751256950140ea834