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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "putty" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall putty 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 putty package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: putty
Version: 0.78-2+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1856
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: putty-tools (<< 0.68-2~)
Depends: putty-tools, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.5), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6
Suggests: putty-doc
Breaks: putty-tools (<< 0.68-2~)
Description: Telnet/SSH client for X
Description-md5: 66d775d58e68e927fea5c45675a7cf4a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
network::client, protocol::ssh, protocol::telnet, role::program,
uitoolkit::gtk, use::login, x11::application, x11::terminal
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/putty/putty_0.78-2+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 534956
MD5sum: a449eec4cff67e0fc79224e441808935
SHA256: 3d7102dd06109c8698e313a33e11d1586e2ae8675f1b9b76414d1474e49ff0a4