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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "makepkg" package

Please follow the steps below to install makepkg on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall makepkg 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 makepkg package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: makepkg
Source: pacman-package-manager
Version: 6.0.2-3
Installed-Size: 373
Maintainer: Ben Westover
Architecture: amd64
Depends: perl:any, libalpm13 (>= 13.0.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), debugedit, fakeroot, patch, pkgconf, texinfo
Recommends: build-essential
Description: Arch Linux package build utility
Description-md5: be43eaa58bb526e43824a67f4d529558
Homepage: https://archlinux.org/pacman/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pacman-package-manager/makepkg_6.0.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 76872
MD5sum: 27b08414d4ae3a092cbaaee8051b7bf9
SHA256: 62c67bc30a6ef5b5462d12b8bf85ffe21980d63b0735747c1c8ecf8ec583c9b2