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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mold" package

Please follow the guidance below to install mold on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall mold on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: mold
Version: 1.10.1+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 17724
Maintainer: Sylvestre Ledru
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.6)
Description: Drop-in linker
Description-md5: 7b4a7f6ecb8a58aa3dd9407ac4a6f299
Homepage: https://github.com/rui314/mold
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mold/mold_1.10.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2008616
MD5sum: f9840359aa1e9b18ff04333c186be9d3
SHA256: 066fd01b3b228ed944a3e1c96b3f688a7c8956a508f7d33f3a5b2aa6bf6836f5