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

Last updated: March 14,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "uidmap" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall uidmap on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: uidmap
Source: shadow (1:4.13+dfsg1-1)
Version: 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+b1
Installed-Size: 312
Maintainer: Shadow package maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsubid4 (>= 1:4.11.1)
Description: programs to help use subuids
Description-md5: 5a75630915e85aa203a9f7c82c737da4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/shadow/uidmap_4.13+dfsg1-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 188736
MD5sum: 06067dd93ae49c94e6b80888e70fe514
SHA256: 66eabd830315a1c831510be2c86c286da53656090a4be9555dca21170fa3151e