How to Install and Uninstall software-properties-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "software-properties-common" package

Please follow the steps below to install software-properties-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "software-properties-common" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall software-properties-common 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 software-properties-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: software-properties-common
Source: software-properties
Version: 0.99.30-4
Installed-Size: 450
Maintainer: Julian Andres Klode
Architecture: all
Replaces: python-software-properties (<< 0.85), python3-software-properties (<< 0.85)
Depends: ca-certificates, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 (>= 1.1.0-2), packagekit, python-apt-common (>= 0.9), python3, python3-dbus, python3-gi, python3-software-properties (= 0.99.30-4), python3:any
Breaks: python-software-properties (<< 0.85), python3-software-properties (<< 0.85)
Description: manage the repositories that you install software from (common)
Description-md5: d19f432480048ad00ac5c2bfd116cd00
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/software-properties/software-properties-common_0.99.30-4_all.deb
Size: 61968
MD5sum: 743ed4a84d4c353b5d0f0603a9d682af
SHA256: 6c962bb07d025fe16997127eb98266f29d63aee92cd80eae6703d559aa5c408d