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

Last updated: December 24,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pbuilder" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install pbuilder on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall pbuilder 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 pbuilder package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.231
Installed-Size: 977
Maintainer: Debian pbuilder maintenance team
Architecture: all
Depends: debootstrap (>= 1.0.97) | cdebootstrap, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: devscripts, eatmydata, fakeroot, net-tools | iproute2, sudo
Suggests: cowdancer, gdebi-core
Description: personal package builder for Debian packages
Description-md5: a8198b8566f5ca30b1c95b4df04af8ce
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://pbuilder-team.pages.debian.net/pbuilder
Tag: devel::packaging, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::debian, works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pbuilder/pbuilder_0.231_all.deb
Size: 359812
MD5sum: e8133d51dcb267f49f4cb66df4f7490a
SHA256: ae552ca2d700e0faa04cc1ed29e3b770b4040f06d4b2a7828401372fbec16e0c