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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "swupdate" package

This tutorial shows how to install swupdate on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall swupdate on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: swupdate
Version: 2020.11-2
Installed-Size: 721
Maintainer: Stefano Babic
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.28), libconfig9, libcurl4 (>= 7.56.1), libfdisk1 (>= 2.26.2), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), liblua5.2-0, librsync2 (>= 1.0.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libswupdate0.1 (>= 2020.11), libsystemd0, liburiparser1 (>= 0.6.0), libwebsockets16 (>= 2.4.1), libzstd1 (>= 1.3.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: Software update framework for embedded systems
Description-md5: 0e333f079171328229549df4556353f8
Homepage: https://sbabic.github.io/swupdate
Built-Using: mtd-utils (= 1:2.1.2-2)
Section: embedded
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/swupdate/swupdate_2020.11-2_amd64.deb
Size: 284728
MD5sum: 6ab95e56f515a8a3e3370f8b2b15ff91
SHA256: 43539cbb72e5a86db12e04e19a98ec5eaed489b36ae1c3e3071ce1e270c63c8a