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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "debhelper" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install debhelper on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: debhelper
Version: 12.1.1
Installed-Size: 1609
Maintainer: Debhelper Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: dh-systemd (<< 1.38)
Provides: debhelper-compat (= 9), debhelper-compat (= 10), debhelper-compat (= 11), debhelper-compat (= 12), dh-sequence-dwz, dh-sequence-installinitramfs, dh-sequence-systemd
Depends: autotools-dev, dh-autoreconf (>= 17~), dh-strip-nondeterminism (>= 0.028~), dpkg (>= 1.18.0~), dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.2~), dwz, file (>= 3.23), libdpkg-perl (>= 1.17.14), man-db, po-debconf, perl
Suggests: dh-make
Breaks: cmake (<< 3.9~), dh-systemd (<< 1.38), meson (<< 0.40.0~)
Description: helper programs for debian/rules
Description-md5: c3d35229c1ce392f77324206e097b92e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::buildtools, devel::debian, devel::packaging,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/debhelper/debhelper_12.1.1_all.deb
Size: 1015864
MD5sum: 96dbab538a607b8fb6f1e29ba7dc4bf7
SHA256: e61d34665cd26876ab86f998062e6d6b227c9cac96acd48ae36da8cd3811a57f