How to Install and Uninstall desktop-file-utils Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "desktop-file-utils" package

This is a short guide on how to install desktop-file-utils on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                desktop-file-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "desktop-file-utils" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall desktop-file-utils on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: desktop-file-utils
Version: 0.23-4
Installed-Size: 280
Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0)
Description: Utilities for .desktop files
Description-md5: b235afbde001f33936d80b8419f367f5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
Tag: admin::configuring, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnome,
uitoolkit::gtk, use::checking, use::configuring, x11::application
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils_0.23-4_amd64.deb
Size: 85752
MD5sum: deb2ef558ce1056b51c8e79a353c3180
SHA256: 598d5261e0da56ba28b8cb954312dd770094d5c65b4acfc124bc7e2c01a07bbe