How to Install and Uninstall wget Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Last updated: December 24,2024
Notice
You can also install and uninstall the wget on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system
- MX Linux 23
- SparkyLinux
1. Install "wget" package
This guide let you learn how to install wget on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
$
sudo apt update
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sudo apt install
wget
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2. Uninstall "wget" package
This guide let you learn how to uninstall wget on Debian 12 (Bookworm):
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sudo apt remove
wget
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sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
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3. Information about the wget package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Package: wget
Source: wget (1.21.3-1)
Version: 1.21.3-1+b2
Installed-Size: 3605
Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.2), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libnettle8, libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ftp, protocol::http, protocol::ssl, role::program,
suite::gnu, use::downloading, works-with::file
Section: web
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.21.3-1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 983848
MD5sum: 01d3fb89c7d4435f46abdf2042c3201e
SHA256: 6995822451e1300baa41b953c19f1094640ad4237982612583e980d32e18eee5
Source: wget (1.21.3-1)
Version: 1.21.3-1+b2
Installed-Size: 3605
Maintainer: Noël Köthe
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.2), libidn2-0 (>= 0.6), libnettle8, libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libpsl5 (>= 0.16.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Conflicts: wget-ssl
Description: retrieves files from the web
Description-md5: 63a4a740bcd9e8e94bf661e4f1806e02
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ftp, protocol::http, protocol::ssl, role::program,
suite::gnu, use::downloading, works-with::file
Section: web
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.21.3-1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 983848
MD5sum: 01d3fb89c7d4435f46abdf2042c3201e
SHA256: 6995822451e1300baa41b953c19f1094640ad4237982612583e980d32e18eee5