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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mkbootimg" package

This tutorial shows how to install mkbootimg on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mkbootimg" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall mkbootimg 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 mkbootimg package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mkbootimg
Source: android-platform-tools (29.0.6-28)
Version: 1:29.0.6-28
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: android-tools-mkbootimg (<< 1:10.0.0+r36-11)
Depends: python3:any
Breaks: android-tools-mkbootimg (<< 1:10.0.0+r36-11)
Description: Creates Android boot images
Description-md5: 0d10e2b9aac44ee2f6beda66718048b2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/android-platform-tools/mkbootimg_29.0.6-28_all.deb
Size: 16692
MD5sum: 440dd8819fb879396ee140e923fd5019
SHA256: 93afa3013f3b157bc2620558ad14a228ec430efd19677fd45d78b6c89ec9b02d