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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "gosu" package

This is a short guide on how to install gosu on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gosu on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: gosu
Source: gosu (1.12-1)
Version: 1.12-1+b6
Installed-Size: 2273
Maintainer: pkg-go
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: Simple Go-based setuid+setgid+setgroups+exec
Description-md5: 72c0b42347139534207936c653f27fc4
Homepage: https://github.com/tianon/gosu
Built-Using: golang-1.15 (= 1.15.9-6), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20210124.22da62e-1), runc (= 1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5)
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gosu/gosu_1.12-1+b6_amd64.deb
Size: 742980
MD5sum: bcbbcc85de846afa7a0d2b5a8766db46
SHA256: bfd69238f1e558f38b56f6c49f655a67921f2d651eccc5a5016bffb33a4be42f