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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pseudo" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pseudo" package

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

Package: pseudo
Version: 1.9.0+git20220404+2b4b88eb5133-1
Installed-Size: 405
Maintainer: Andrej Shadura
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libpseudo (<< 1.9.0+git20190515+996bead-2~)
Provides: fakeroot
Depends: libpseudo (>= 1.9.0+git20220404+2b4b88eb5133-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.11)
Breaks: libpseudo (<< 1.9.0+git20190515+996bead-2~)
Description: advanced tool for simulating superuser privileges
Description-md5: e8ca5be20058441e3c154ed0d7778bc0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.yoctoproject.org/software-item/pseudo/
Tag: devel::buildtools, implemented-in::c, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pseudo/pseudo_1.9.0+git20220404+2b4b88eb5133-1_amd64.deb
Size: 108776
MD5sum: 875d6a82ef7886597c03dbefa975c12c
SHA256: 5d2205e253be9e75dfe37b0f829f819b8f2102e7c7fe3933cb3d7f18d991c608