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

Last updated: April 27,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pipewire" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pipewire 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 pipewire package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: pipewire
Version: 0.3.65-3+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 97
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libpipewire-0.3-modules (= 0.3.65-3+deb12u1), pipewire-bin (= 0.3.65-3+deb12u1), init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), adduser
Description: audio and video processing engine multimedia server
Description-md5: 7683ccf51ec444edb89ba51bf96fc96c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://pipewire.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pipewire/pipewire_0.3.65-3+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 79820
MD5sum: e325cce2238de64108e122d338298978
SHA256: 77143b1750a6cc3795d0f11eaa6e0c6f873aa187245b389b69c21d64860e21f9