How to Install and Uninstall wireguard-go Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

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1. Install "wireguard-go" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wireguard-go
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wireguard-go" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall wireguard-go 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 wireguard-go package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wireguard-go
Source: wireguard-go (0.0.20220316-1)
Version: 0.0.20220316-1+b4
Installed-Size: 2509
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: Userspace implementation of WireGuard in Go (program)
Description-md5: f0283a4e033926e0f2a4df309270a55b
Homepage: https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-go/about/
Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.4.0-1), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.7.0+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1)
Section: golang
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wireguard-go/wireguard-go_0.0.20220316-1+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 876860
MD5sum: 6d7dfe9ed39744a1a4607e3f48eb06e1
SHA256: 7be694f9c8d990ae1da554ec6640dd97216fce6c030b7c8caaf6f7914618d023