How to Install and Uninstall appstream Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "appstream" package

This is a short guide on how to install appstream on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall appstream on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                appstream
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the appstream package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: appstream
Version: 0.12.5-1
Installed-Size: 696
Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Provides: appstream-index
Depends: libappstream4 (>= 0.12.0), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46)
Suggests: apt-config-icons, curl
Breaks: appstream-index (<< 0.12.5-1), gnome-software (<< 3.22.5-1), plasma-discover (<< 5.8.5-3)
Description: Software component metadata management
Description-md5: 6dd88e1f82260435137249a5504e5e81
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream/appstream_0.12.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 114320
MD5sum: 444f12b3293290840c17b841f299cc8c
SHA256: 99db2291c8d9007678820ccdbf2524d8181b5e8bc0c61e0257f14de92647848d