How to Install and Uninstall par2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the par2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "par2" package

This guide let you learn how to install par2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                par2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "par2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall par2 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 par2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: par2
Source: par2cmdline
Version: 0.8.1-3
Installed-Size: 268
Maintainer: Jeroen Ploemen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgomp1 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 11)
Description: PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool
Description-md5: 2d3e451789cca65ec69945efa5d76da1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/
Tag: admin::backup, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::integrity, works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/par2cmdline/par2_0.8.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 108148
MD5sum: e8b80e30b9247135b86f44825d16c907
SHA256: b531739be4369b94c2933daabf32ba356a184fc0c323ce40641a40fbfea9d98e