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

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "setserial" package

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall setserial on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: setserial
Source: setserial (2.17-53)
Version: 2.17-53+b1
Installed-Size: 103
Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Description: controls configuration of serial ports
Description-md5: 9bf5524b0c67673f200677dbc3c02151
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::hardware, hardware::detection,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/setserial/setserial_2.17-53+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 34672
MD5sum: efdc623a7da9a5256f24d70e2f099b6f
SHA256: b0585c301e563d9de00e23a5776cf07fe4af7859666a986cbf96d0605caa1a50