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

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

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1. Install "openssl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install openssl on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "openssl" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall openssl 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 openssl package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: openssl
Version: 3.0.11-1~deb12u2
Installed-Size: 2291
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl3 (>= 3.0.9)
Suggests: ca-certificates
Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
Description-md5: 9b6de2bb6e1d9016aeb0f00bcf6617bd
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, protocol::ssl, role::program,
scope::utility, security::cryptography, security::integrity,
use::checking
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/openssl_3.0.11-1~deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 1419016
MD5sum: 39f5fd6f14670629fef1d45662355084
SHA256: ea063646d4f70d15be5ed52b67b5ac95d68dda823c60d808c7c25439c6d14e4d