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

Last updated: April 29,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "uuid" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install uuid on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "uuid" package

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

Package: uuid
Source: ossp-uuid (1.6.2-1.5)
Version: 1.6.2-1.5+b11
Installed-Size: 42
Maintainer: Marco Nenciarini
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libossp-uuid16
Conflicts: libossp-uuid11
Description: Universally Unique Identifier Command-Line Tool
Description-md5: 85e48fcdb4490302812e9eda53cc614f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
Tag: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::devel-lib,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/ossp-uuid/uuid_1.6.2-1.5+b11_amd64.deb
Size: 19372
MD5sum: a99d73c67bb2d02911ed348009e0d044
SHA256: d4d575d627686198ea3ba84488946893d69bb2d39fde47dab843e91a49db962b