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

Last updated: February 17,2025

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "rustc" package

This guide let you learn how to install rustc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall rustc on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: rustc
Version: 1.63.0+dfsg1-2
Installed-Size: 7753
Maintainer: Debian Rust Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libstd-rust-dev (<< 1.25.0+dfsg1-2~~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstd-rust-dev (= 1.63.0+dfsg1-2), gcc, libc-dev, binutils (>= 2.26)
Recommends: cargo (>= 0.64.0~~), cargo (<< 0.65.0~~), llvm-14
Suggests: lld-14, clang-14
Breaks: libstd-rust-dev (<< 1.25.0+dfsg1-2~~)
Description: Rust systems programming language
Description-md5: 67ca6080eea53dc7f3cdf73bc6b8521e
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: http://www.rust-lang.org/
Section: rust
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rustc/rustc_1.63.0+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 2612712
MD5sum: 5eaa6969388c512a206377bf813ab531
SHA256: 26dd439266153e38d3e6fbe0fe2dbbb41f20994afa688faa71f38427348589ed