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

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "dash" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dash on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: dash
Version: 0.5.10.2-5
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 212
Maintainer: Andrej Shadura
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debianutils (>= 2.15), dpkg (>= 1.19.1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: POSIX-compliant shell
Description-md5: 8d4d9c32c6b2b70328f7f774a0cc1248
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::shell, role::program, scope::utility
Section: shells
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/d/dash/dash_0.5.10.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 111900
MD5sum: fb6d34521e9869730b7998d2080e8339
SHA256: e4872d9f258e76665317c94c637b4270dc1c15c9cf42da90dbfde0225c7f4564