How to Install and Uninstall distro-info Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "distro-info" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install distro-info on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                distro-info
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "distro-info" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall distro-info on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: distro-info
Version: 0.21
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Benjamin Drung
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.127~)
Depends: distro-info-data (>= 0.7~), libc6 (>= 2.7)
Suggests: shunit2 (>= 2.1.6)
Breaks: ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.133~)
Description: provides information about the distributions' releases
Description-md5: 5671943e370fd3dd7449d885e6363cee
Tag: devel::debian, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/distro-info/distro-info_0.21_amd64.deb
Size: 18964
MD5sum: 52e8344021a72292c79ad91cc483d27d
SHA256: bbdc596297a5bd3e443d1791e60aeff9f55a3e651f8878dd42ff482af302383c