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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "wakeonlan" package

This tutorial shows how to install wakeonlan on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall wakeonlan 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 wakeonlan package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wakeonlan
Version: 0.41-12.1
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: Thijs Kinkhorst
Architecture: all
Depends: perl
Description: Sends 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled ethernet adapters
Description-md5: 1f4cb6ce85d821307a46719513c54d04
Homepage: https://github.com/jpoliv/wakeonlan
Tag: admin::boot, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
network::configuration, protocol::ethernet, protocol::udp,
role::program, scope::utility, use::transmission
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wakeonlan/wakeonlan_0.41-12.1_all.deb
Size: 10588
MD5sum: 2998f6d83f9b25680367f66c5257ed05
SHA256: 6ae9ffb593d94154ecd9bbec6d0e4b0c8d084235734b67e50f95ae152113085b