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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

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1. Install "pacman" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall pacman on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: pacman
Source: pacman (10-19)
Version: 10-19+b1
Installed-Size: 88
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libx11-6
Description: Chase Monsters in a Labyrinth
Description-md5: e8ad66b84567c64aa92c6c4ab220eefe
Tag: game::arcade, hardware::input:keyboard, implemented-in::c++,
interface::graphical, interface::text-mode, interface::x11,
role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::gameplaying, x11::application
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pacman/pacman_10-19+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 23680
MD5sum: b3a1c44aac96fb16218c238df7364beb
SHA256: a7ea6a5e1dc80f07e3c9731371d69bd881f44489c8c449610bc2c53f38213594