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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "appstream-util" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall appstream-util on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: appstream-util
Source: appstream-glib
Version: 0.7.14-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 448
Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: appdata-tools (<< 0.3.4)
Depends: libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.7.10), libc6 (>= 2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.46), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.52)
Breaks: appdata-tools (<< 0.3.4)
Description: Utility to work with AppStream metadata
Description-md5: a4492a3684298de274fd2e206004ee03
Homepage: https://github.com/hughsie/appstream-glib
Tag: uitoolkit::gtk
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream-glib/appstream-util_0.7.14-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 85228
MD5sum: 388ae7d1db960a4694b63f691a1a17fe
SHA256: f08243de0cbfeb4527ed45f7e87ed4fba3bad1689f6cbda5364910c5bece3305