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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mksh" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mksh on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: mksh
Version: 59c-28
Installed-Size: 1464
Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: ed
Description: MirBSD Korn Shell
Description-md5: 4931f730b48566d2590b67efc22e6b63
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://mirbsd.de/mksh
Built-Using: dietlibc (= 0.34~cvs20160606-14), klibc (= 2.0.12-1), musl (= 1.2.3-1)
Tag: admin::boot, admin::install, admin::login, devel::interpreter,
devel::lang:c, devel::lang:posix-shell, devel::library,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::shell,
made-of::man, role::devel-lib, role::documentation, role::program,
scope::application, suite::bsd, use::TODO, use::login, web::cgi,
works-with-format::html, works-with-format::plaintext,
works-with::people, works-with::software:running,
works-with::software:source, works-with::text, works-with::unicode
Section: shells
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mksh/mksh_59c-28_amd64.deb
Size: 573208
MD5sum: 691d911d3c2e4e040869fb51a5a72f78
SHA256: 4f1b83c2af936c6a4c043d8d586148f9ee420f6b8a9b5fd51718573d3b74b414