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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mkosi" package

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mkosi 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 mkosi package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mkosi
Version: 14-2
Installed-Size: 472
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: btrfs-progs, e2fsprogs, dosfstools, xz-utils, debootstrap, systemd-container (>= 233-1), fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~), python3:any
Recommends: ovmf, cryptsetup-bin, gnupg, squashfs-tools, debian-archive-keyring, ubuntu-archive-keyring, python3-cryptography
Description: create legacy-free OS images
Description-md5: 8132e263a8a7e1a9c8c71c977c2ead34
Homepage: https://github.com/systemd/mkosi
Tag: admin::file-distribution, admin::install, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mkosi/mkosi_14-2_all.deb
Size: 134168
MD5sum: 791875a41b1a5e09ddca783bde2656a1
SHA256: 5edcac14775aca5e68651a744eb7b804bffe65ccf3926ff11ca6de8d0d3560cb