How to Install and Uninstall apt-src Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "apt-src" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install apt-src on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-src
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-src" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall apt-src on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: apt-src
Version: 0.25.2
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: all
Depends: libapt-pkg-perl (>= 0.1.6), dpkg-dev, apt, perl
Recommends: sudo, fakeroot, build-essential
Description: manage Debian source packages
Description-md5: c1c2aad38a3b3f83fa8835588c7f14b5
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::debian, devel::packaging,
hardware::storage, hardware::storage:cd, interface::commandline,
protocol::ftp, protocol::http, protocol::ipv6, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, use::downloading,
works-with::software:source
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-src/apt-src_0.25.2_all.deb
Size: 33400
MD5sum: d5b88db9f57ac35b0476ba9900292a11
SHA256: f17834384d9fad9536626830e8d45a6014f1da499daaff4e0bda5bf76e5adaaf