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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "patch" package

This tutorial shows how to install patch on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall patch 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 patch package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: patch
Version: 2.7.6-7
Installed-Size: 248
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: ed, diffutils-doc
Description: Apply a diff file to an original
Description-md5: d56076980d5ce0f54f9dd685e6ca0ce7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/
Build-Essential: yes
Tag: devel::rcs, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::editing, use::synchronizing,
works-with-format::TODO, works-with-format::diff,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with::file,
works-with::software:source, works-with::text
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/patch/patch_2.7.6-7_amd64.deb
Size: 127848
MD5sum: f1682a98c3f4dee94ab083e423283c84
SHA256: 8c6d49b771530dbe26d7bd060582dc7d2b4eeb603a20789debc1ef4bbbc4ef67