How to Install and Uninstall zsh-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 16,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "zsh-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install zsh-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "zsh-common" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall zsh-common 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 zsh-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: zsh-common
Source: zsh
Version: 5.9-4
Installed-Size: 16422
Maintainer: Debian Zsh Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: zsh (<= 5.0.2-1), zsh-doc (<= 5.8-7~)
Recommends: zsh
Suggests: zsh-doc
Breaks: zsh-doc (<= 5.8-7~)
Description: architecture independent files for Zsh
Description-md5: 8aac20ad1d93f2ea018a327bcfd5912f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.zsh.org/
Tag: implemented-in::shell, role::app-data, role::program
Section: shells
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/z/zsh/zsh-common_5.9-4_all.deb
Size: 4147272
MD5sum: 49f6ac880f3f7753d3eb630ffa957a32
SHA256: 4f263aa88910f750965b1a83dcbca1355b2cf509acffe96cc2d856333909a7b5