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

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "wsl" package

This guide let you learn how to install wsl on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

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


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

Package: wsl
Version: 0.2.1-2
Installed-Size: 105
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: wget (>= 1.13) | curl, libxml2-utils
Recommends: xsltproc, gnupg, curl
Description: Wsman Shell Command Line "whistle"
Description-md5: 9b0a82cf07de44ae3fa1380f1b14f273
Homepage: http://linux.dell.com/files/wsl/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wsl/wsl_0.2.1-2_all.deb
Size: 18136
MD5sum: 602996bec14fe7fe81bab40ff7aff90a
SHA256: 998334da936f9725e1e65cf18dc835b461a8b7997f4950e0a9fee44cf36dbecf