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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "dselect" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install dselect on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall dselect on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: dselect
Source: dpkg
Version: 1.19.8
Installed-Size: 2610
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw6 (>= 6.1+20180210), libtinfo6 (>= 6.1+20180210)
Suggests: perl
Description: Debian package management front-end
Description-md5: 269b383010cda7ddc3f6381398082aec
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/d/dpkg/dselect_1.19.8_amd64.deb
Size: 1403988
MD5sum: 9ee0ed56f3a6c7538350b70e227c38d5
SHA256: 6815e7c1aebc10d04bfba797adf7d23367d40ce93d5b334476aecd6ea98d361b

Package: dselect
Source: dpkg
Version: 1.19.7
Installed-Size: 2609
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw6 (>= 6.1+20180210), libtinfo6 (>= 6.1+20180210)
Suggests: perl
Description: Debian package management front-end
Description-md5: 269b383010cda7ddc3f6381398082aec
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::application, suite::debian, uitoolkit::ncurses,
works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dselect_1.19.7_amd64.deb
Size: 1402316
MD5sum: 58d698d38f164fc71c0980caed3eaefc
SHA256: e74dea183531609f81fcd808ac0f46a62e3b19e61987702ad5aa9970a92c6fc8