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

Last updated: May 09,2024

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)


    
        
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                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