How to Install and Uninstall binfmt-support Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "binfmt-support" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install binfmt-support on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                binfmt-support
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "binfmt-support" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall binfmt-support on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                binfmt-support
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the binfmt-support package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: binfmt-support
Version: 2.2.1-1
Installed-Size: 211
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpipeline1 (>= 1.0.0), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian3)
Description: Support for extra binary formats
Description-md5: 29e82a31bb4248987c1cee43d589e134
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://nongnu.org/binfmt-support/
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::interpreter, devel::lang:c, devel::lang:perl,
devel::library, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::perl,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::debian
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/binfmt-support/binfmt-support_2.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 66068
MD5sum: bffde6b3a6aa40984df88f2a0f2be984
SHA256: 82fa77c074940e90f458565f8da10b6df30ed5488a413ebe811dc78510b4f103