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

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "proot" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall proot on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                proot
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the proot package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: proot
Version: 5.1.0-1.3
Installed-Size: 203
Maintainer: Rémi Duraffort
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtalloc2 (>= 2.0.4~git20101213)
Description: emulate chroot, bind mount and binfmt_misc for non-root users
Description-md5: f74471c95fd77fd66894129479bbdcba
Homepage: http://proot.me
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/proot/proot_5.1.0-1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 75060
MD5sum: 34e73e4afb8b1777608704f86d6321f1
SHA256: ba51946d76c0a681c034b93266d870db7e21b0d3230a4d2dea3bffb556271aeb