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

Last updated: March 14,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "wl" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install wl on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall wl 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 wl package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wl
Version: 2.15.9+0.20210131-2
Installed-Size: 3297
Maintainer: Tatsuya Kinoshita
Architecture: all
Replaces: wanderlust2, wl-beta
Provides: imap-client, mail-reader, news-reader
Depends: emacsen-common, semi, flim, apel
Recommends: emacs-nox | emacs, ca-certificates
Suggests: gnupg, gnutls-bin, openssl, starttls, x-face-el, w3m-el, bbdb, im, namazu2, maildir-utils, notmuch, bogofilter | bsfilter | spamassassin, mu-cite, mhc
Conflicts: wanderlust2, wl-beta, xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2)
Description: mail/news reader supporting IMAP for emacsen
Description-md5: 89d56214f0179673d1fe28606af4cfac
Homepage: https://github.com/wanderlust/wanderlust
Tag: implemented-in::lisp, mail::imap, mail::pop, mail::user-agent,
network::client, protocol::imap, protocol::nntp, protocol::pop3,
role::plugin, role::program, suite::emacs, use::browsing, use::editing,
works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wl/wl_2.15.9+0.20210131-2_all.deb
Size: 605252
MD5sum: 39725139d59a9df0f03bd614a17a2199
SHA256: 31dfa3a952e794c26584934836d558be31416df4826117ad18753d13e0e52a41