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

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "swupdate" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install swupdate on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                swupdate
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the swupdate package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: swupdate
Version: 2022.12+dfsg-4+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 834
Maintainer: Bastian Germann
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libconfig9, libcurl4 (>= 7.56.1), libext2fs2 (>= 1.43), libfdisk1 (>= 2.31.1), libgpiod2 (>= 1.1), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), liblua5.3-0, librsync2 (>= 1.0.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libswupdate0.1 (>= 2021.04), libsystemd0, liburiparser1 (>= 0.6.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libwebsockets17 (>= 2.4.1), libzck1 (>= 1.2.0+ds1), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), sysuser-helper (>= 1.3.3)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: Software update framework for embedded systems
Description-md5: 0e333f079171328229549df4556353f8
Homepage: https://sbabic.github.io/swupdate
Built-Using: mtd-utils (= 1:2.1.5-1)
Section: embedded
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/swupdate/swupdate_2022.12+dfsg-4+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 347484
MD5sum: 8bac689fafdf368550c7bb927f7cadae
SHA256: 0a4b78e837a78fd9d438864173057b67e14e010583279eba3110c922260add7f