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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "dist" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dist on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall dist on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: dist
Version: 1:3.5-236-0.1
Installed-Size: 2648
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava
Architecture: all
Depends: perl, libperl4-corelibs-perl, debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0
Description: Tools for developing, maintaining and distributing software
Description-md5: 5f28860f0dcfbb834e3b056d01d91d83
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::file-distribution, devel::buildtools, devel::code-generator,
devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::perl,
interface::commandline, role::program, role::shared-lib,
scope::utility, works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dist/dist_3.5-236-0.1_all.deb
Size: 474420
MD5sum: bef68b44dd1ef09458a81bdc13b1e5a2
SHA256: e4b1bba9f61727219c5bb0d75c8123790ccb99304156893f6c9ce669c20658e6