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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "schroot" package

Please follow the instructions below to install schroot on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: schroot
Source: schroot (1.6.13-3)
Version: 1.6.13-3+b2
Installed-Size: 2508
Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libboost-filesystem1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0+ds1), libboost-iostreams1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0+ds1), libboost-program-options1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0+ds1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), lsb-base, schroot-common (= 1.6.13-3)
Pre-Depends: debconf
Suggests: aufs-tools | unionfs-fuse, btrfs-progs, bzip2, debootstrap, lvm2, qemu-user-static, xz-utils, zfsutils-linux, zstd
Enhances: sbuild
Description: Execute commands in a chroot environment
Description-md5: 05ddeddba4df3515093084851a978b95
Homepage: https://codeberg.org/shelter/reschroot
Tag: admin::TODO, admin::power-management, admin::virtualization,
devel::TODO, implemented-in::python, interface::commandline,
interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, security::TODO,
suite::debian, suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual,
use::TODO, use::learning, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/schroot/schroot_1.6.13-3+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 605564
MD5sum: 5e970ce22cf362ed63f8cc9dd1f0b797
SHA256: 14bef231a48d657249720bfae2f014bc867891c5fffe21b297256455680444de