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

Last updated: April 29,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "wordpress" package

This is a short guide on how to install wordpress on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wordpress" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall wordpress 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 wordpress package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wordpress
Version: 6.1.1+dfsg1-1
Installed-Size: 51086
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: all
Depends: apache2 | httpd, libapache2-mod-php | php, ca-certificates, default-mysql-client | virtual-mysql-client, php-gd, php-mysql | php-mysqlnd, libjs-cropper (>= 1.2.2), libjs-underscore (>= 1.13.4~dfsg+~1.11.4), php-getid3 (>= 1.9.22+dfsg)
Recommends: wordpress-l10n, wordpress-theme-twentytwentythree
Suggests: default-mysql-server | virtual-mysql-server, php-curl, php-xml, php-imagick, php-mbstring, php-ssh2, php-zip
Description: weblog manager
Description-md5: 3558d680fa97c6a3f32c5c5e9f4a182a
Homepage: https://wordpress.org
Tag: implemented-in::php, interface::web, role::program, web::blog
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_6.1.1+dfsg1-1_all.deb
Size: 7784332
MD5sum: 5b60cc50617ea778d558aad3a5222d73
SHA256: 62912a69d0052c510486d75a70ed9fe827b4ddf3d16dc757bf0075654c09f8cc