How to Install and Uninstall slirp4netns Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the slirp4netns on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "slirp4netns" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install slirp4netns on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "slirp4netns" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: slirp4netns
Version: 1.2.0-1
Installed-Size: 102
Maintainer: Reinhard Tartler
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libseccomp2 (>= 2.3.0), libslirp0 (>= 4.1.0)
Description: User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces
Description-md5: e4c1a4ddf0106791456a2a9912e7795b
Homepage: https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/slirp4netns/slirp4netns_1.2.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 37472
MD5sum: a372c280a0ea021fcb5c9fb58e987023
SHA256: 8b198af7a718c78f3dda2dd37017a3505962338716da553469ec45516b7154d5