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

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "prctl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install prctl on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall prctl 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 prctl package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: prctl
Source: prctl (1.6-1)
Version: 1.6-1+b1
Installed-Size: 30
Maintainer: Khalid Aziz
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: Process control operations
Description-md5: 69bdc3a6f93f79fac7ba97cb9669f970
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/prctl/prctl_1.6-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 8940
MD5sum: 64eb3a730d8964e7cf3f56a28c599a1c
SHA256: 52635db2153f3c8ec8dc567983f52930a7173ce742d65230021ec15a62b6df66