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

Last updated: May 09,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "squid" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install squid on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "squid" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall squid 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 squid package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: squid
Version: 5.7-2+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 9230
Maintainer: Luigi Gangitano
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libecap3 (>= 1.0.1), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.10+dfsg~), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.7), libnetfilter-conntrack3 (>= 1.0.1), libnettle8, libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0, libtdb1 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), netbase, logrotate (>= 3.5.4-1), squid-common (>= 5.7-2+deb12u1), lsb-base, libdbi-perl
Suggests: squidclient, squid-cgi, squid-purge, resolvconf (>= 0.40), smbclient, ufw, winbind, apparmor
Conflicts: squid-openssl
Description: Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy GnuTLS flavour)
Description-md5: b87c39c34d2257909d3430ecc70c8bfb
Homepage: http://www.squid-cache.org
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~), adduser
Recommends: libcap2-bin, ca-certificates
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/s/squid/squid_5.7-2+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 2892940
SHA256: d7a7416f461d57ecbbe4b3a661b008b033ed170c5ae013f47d094a141c795797

Package: squid
Version: 5.7-2
Installed-Size: 9222
Maintainer: Luigi Gangitano
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libecap3 (>= 1.0.1), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.10+dfsg~), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.7), libnetfilter-conntrack3 (>= 1.0.1), libnettle8, libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.28+dfsg), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0, libtdb1 (>= 1.2.7+git20101214), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), netbase, logrotate (>= 3.5.4-1), squid-common (>= 5.7-2), lsb-base, libdbi-perl
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~), adduser
Recommends: libcap2-bin, ca-certificates
Suggests: squidclient, squid-cgi, squid-purge, resolvconf (>= 0.40), smbclient, ufw, winbind, apparmor
Conflicts: squid-openssl
Description: Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy GnuTLS flavour)
Description-md5: b87c39c34d2257909d3430ecc70c8bfb
Homepage: http://www.squid-cache.org
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/squid/squid_5.7-2_amd64.deb
Size: 2890964
MD5sum: d6454a8d56581e0809b5a2e8c6bfa3ef
SHA256: 655a52e3bfa3d223bf85dacdca172d170c189e8a3f4cc7836af7fba25136074e