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

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "tzdata" package

Please follow the instructions below to install tzdata on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: tzdata
Version: 2024a-0+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 2554
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Provides: tzdata-bookworm
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Description: time zone and daylight-saving time data
Description-md5: a77a3cc9a67658dd7cfdc6547391b8f8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
Tag: role::app-data, use::timekeeping
Section: localization
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/t/tzdata/tzdata_2024a-0+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 297188
MD5sum: 14d216857e42b1b0862d1f39f10347e8
SHA256: 0ca0baec1fca55df56039047a631fc1541c5a44c1c4879d553aaa3a70844eb12