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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "cpio" package

This guide let you learn how to install cpio on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall cpio on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: cpio
Version: 2.12+dfsg-9
Installed-Size: 1005
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cpio-mt
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: libarchive1
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Description: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
Description-md5: 5f492bf139a41f29fd2d6fcadf43606e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Tag: hardware::storage, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::storing,
works-with-format::tar, works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.12+dfsg-9_amd64.deb
Size: 223148
MD5sum: 2e29f3573c05d0acfc613e169e5b8d6d
SHA256: de75f92b5fb4ab369c52c4a4351efad8396f06db9b15b87749d76d2cd18b4772