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

Last updated: April 27,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "udev" package

This is a short guide on how to install udev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "udev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall udev 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 udev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: udev
Source: systemd
Version: 252.22-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 10395
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libblkid1 (>= 2.37.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libkmod2 (>= 15), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), adduser, libudev1 (= 252.22-1~deb12u1)
Description: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
Description-md5: e875ddb09f46f1f7672af537f0c875ca
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Tag: admin::boot, admin::filesystem, admin::hardware, admin::kernel,
devel::lang:c, devel::library, hardware::detection, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::shell, interface::daemon, role::devel-lib,
role::program
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/udev_252.22-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1661568
MD5sum: 7040233eed92ec63e62cf0666fe9b54a
SHA256: b47f033470c663b63a179c761aad4b8f75fa1a775a8a44be06683679ef61f0eb