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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "plymouth" package

This is a short guide on how to install plymouth on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall plymouth 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 plymouth package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: plymouth
Version: 22.02.122-3
Installed-Size: 718
Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: plymouth-drm (<< 0.9.0-6~), plymouth-themes (<< 0.9.0-8~)
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18), initramfs-tools | dracut, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), systemd (>= 232-8~), udev (>= 232-8~), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.47), libplymouth5 (>= 0.9.5+git20211018)
Suggests: desktop-base, plymouth-themes
Conflicts: console-common
Breaks: mawk (<< 1.3.4), plymouth-drm (<< 0.9.0-6~), plymouth-themes (<< 0.9.0-8~)
Description: boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer
Description-md5: 3bdea2047eb9e9c5a5a0546b4dbac457
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth
Tag: admin::boot, admin::logging, implemented-in::c, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/plymouth/plymouth_22.02.122-3_amd64.deb
Size: 134372
MD5sum: 23344ca4afd58bbe592918f681aadb7b
SHA256: fc863dec15ddf104f7e489655264284194e41eb51b562b5e4529645569887cd0