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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rsync" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall rsync 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 rsync package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rsync
Version: 3.2.7-1
Installed-Size: 776
Maintainer: Paul Slootman
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base, libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.34), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libxxhash0 (>= 0.8.0), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: openssh-client, openssh-server, python3, python3-braceexpand
Description: fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
Description-md5: 3bf40f318d2abfed74fa472aaff46d5f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://rsync.samba.org/
Tag: admin::backup, admin::file-distribution, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, interface::daemon, network::client,
network::server, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, role::program,
use::comparing, use::downloading, use::synchronizing, works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rsync/rsync_3.2.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 417296
MD5sum: 21a639ad7164c0e862552f32d167a446
SHA256: 31c77590324be46e1d1616df144a4f9002fb92b3252cce13f14f0612f97746e6