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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "lxcfs" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install lxcfs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall lxcfs on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lxcfs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lxcfs package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: lxcfs
Version: 5.0.3-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 236
Maintainer: pkg-lxc
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.34), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1)
Description: FUSE based filesystem for LXC
Description-md5: f3cabfc6ca3d3433720d9d811af950bd
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lxcfs/lxcfs_5.0.3-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 77076
MD5sum: 7cdce015ad295876085c7faddc138e3c
SHA256: 67a8009ca092998dd81b361b6ace73b93c39cf3a232226bdcf58051ddf79d38f