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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "zimwriterfs" package

This guide let you learn how to install zimwriterfs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall zimwriterfs 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 zimwriterfs package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: zimwriterfs
Source: zim-tools
Version: 3.1.3-1
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Kunal Mehta
Architecture: all
Depends: zim-tools (>= 2.0.0)
Description: creates ZIM files from a directory - transitional package
Description-md5: 166f026e183c7481a867fa0cb3c2e8fb
Homepage: https://github.com/openzim/zim-tools
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zim-tools/zimwriterfs_3.1.3-1_all.deb
Size: 12320
MD5sum: 71bbdb06fac7101671204df4964d6f9d
SHA256: 721b733470a9d2968deb0d31ea21ffce2f9b4bb464e8f498f369a07f03b99e69