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

Last updated: December 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sosreport" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall sosreport 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 sosreport package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sosreport
Version: 4.0-2
Installed-Size: 1714
Maintainer: Eric Desrochers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: python3-pexpect, python3:any
Recommends: e2fsprogs, lsof, mount
Description: Set of tools to gather troubleshooting data from a system
Description-md5: 5b3e7a1f7fbde7625dc009697c8ed440
Homepage: https://github.com/sosreport/sos
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sosreport/sosreport_4.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 259860
MD5sum: ea875b10263889d2cb3e4be0f7399361
SHA256: caf1401a31aff285e272c11b852c512f618d12470d18fd62b3dd0f5bb0687340