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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "aptitude" package

Please follow the steps below to install aptitude on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall aptitude on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.11-7
Installed-Size: 4366
Maintainer: Aptitude Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: aptitude-common (= 0.8.11-7), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1), libboost-iostreams1.67.0, libboost-system1.67.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcwidget3v5 (>= 0.5.17-8), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6.1+20180210), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.5), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6.1+20180210), libxapian30 (>= 1.4.10~)
Recommends: libparse-debianchangelog-perl, sensible-utils
Suggests: aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc, apt-xapian-index, debtags, tasksel
Description: terminal-based package manager
Description-md5: 6077c8b6794c43d6b34dfc9169fe4ee5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++,
interface::commandline, interface::text-mode, role::program,
scope::application, suite::debian, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::browsing,
use::configuring, use::downloading, use::searching,
works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude_0.8.11-7_amd64.deb
Size: 1368188
MD5sum: b8c2d9172119c6d22934fc05f755d35e
SHA256: 4d961c6fcadbd1b373282057241f291ab8611d8c533ab5c470065b99053e4f3a