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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "fakeroot" package

Learn how to install fakeroot on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall fakeroot on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: fakeroot
Version: 1.25.3-1.1
Installed-Size: 228
Maintainer: Clint Adams
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libfakeroot (>= 1.25.3-1.1), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Description: tool for simulating superuser privileges
Description-md5: db2730aa4872dbe27ff20c4aad3c5429
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, devel::packaging, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::devel-lib, role::program, role::shared-lib, scope::utility,
suite::debian
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_1.25.3-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 87032
MD5sum: 77685cb1294e4cb064d63507a302a2fc
SHA256: b67966ee7bad5e87f4ae7eecb6f4fe76ba7c12af7b9876c09f1e758eb742232c