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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sparse" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall sparse 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 sparse package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sparse
Version: 0.6.4-3
Installed-Size: 1986
Maintainer: Uwe Kleine-König
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libllvm14, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.24.0), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), perl:any, gcc-12
Suggests: sparse-test-inspect
Description: semantic parser of source files
Description-md5: da8c616b0e917184b61c1bd49923fb4d
Homepage: https://sparse.wiki.kernel.org/
Tag: devel::code-generator, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sparse/sparse_0.6.4-3_amd64.deb
Size: 311720
MD5sum: 548cfdebb8092d16cfd2dc1f06431d61
SHA256: d9dfe70a3284b49bd2f2908203ce700aeeccd01e2460b0778c4421bc25a87b19