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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "wvdial" package

Learn how to install wvdial on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wvdial" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall wvdial on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wvdial
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wvdial package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wvdial
Version: 1.61-6
Installed-Size: 250
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5.00) | cdebconf, ppp (>= 2.3.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.33), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libuniconf4.6, libwvstreams4.6-base, libwvstreams4.6-extras
Description: intelligent Point-to-Point Protocol dialer
Description-md5: b8c710144089a3a3df81edb2de8f846f
Homepage: http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=WvDial
Tag: hardware::detection, interface::commandline, network::client,
role::program, use::configuring, use::dialing
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wvdial/wvdial_1.61-6_amd64.deb
Size: 95224
MD5sum: 6922b014caf130c3a891dc5a21e3a7e9
SHA256: 8764eaa846826ad4f9c7b009972a99d67a6ad0b8434d452cbd80f12504d41d77