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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "virtualenv" package

Please follow the guidance below to install virtualenv on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall virtualenv on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: virtualenv
Source: python-virtualenv
Version: 20.17.1+ds-1
Installed-Size: 27
Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-virtualenv
Description: Python virtual environment creator (Dependency package)
Description-md5: c3c6956741f193d2b90d9dc161c7660f
Homepage: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/python-virtualenv/virtualenv_20.17.1+ds-1_all.deb
Size: 21108
MD5sum: 0d802cde60180844d93ff18056b5e1c7
SHA256: 8738d64408b27735d49bd6db79e3422f8d03876c5e2c010e84265933dda9ead9