How to Install and Uninstall bash Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "bash" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bash on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall bash on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 bash package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: bash
Version: 5.1-2+deb11u1
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 6469
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0), bash-doc (<= 2.05-1)
Depends: base-files (>= 2.1.12), debianutils (>= 2.15)
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Recommends: bash-completion (>= 20060301-0)
Suggests: bash-doc
Conflicts: bash-completion (<< 20060301-0)
Description: GNU Bourne Again SHell
Description-md5: 3522aa7b4374048d6450e348a5bb45d9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Tag: admin::TODO, devel::TODO, devel::interpreter, implemented-in::c,
interface::shell, interface::text-mode, role::program,
scope::application, suite::gnu, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: shells
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/b/bash/bash_5.1-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1416508
MD5sum: 63a8cf18a82283bb5c3138a23bfda7a3
SHA256: f702ef058e762d7208a9c83f6f6bbf02645533bfd615c54e8cdcce842cd57377