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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "findutils" package

This is a short guide on how to install findutils on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall findutils on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: findutils
Version: 4.6.0+git+20190209-2
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 1938
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Suggests: mlocate | locate
Breaks: binstats (<< 1.08-8.1), guilt (<< 0.36-0.2), libpython3.4-minimal (<< 3.4.4-2), libpython3.5-minimal (<< 3.5.1-3), lsat (<< 0.9.7.1-2.1), mc (<< 3:4.8.11-1), switchconf (<< 0.0.9-2.1)
Description: utilities for finding files--find, xargs
Description-md5: ad1a783819241ffdf3ff5f37a676af59
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::searching, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.6.0+git+20190209-2_amd64.deb
Size: 683532
MD5sum: b1ce47b91b5be726d47a67d38e840155
SHA256: 1dea4dc0c8ee9addff8ca1126f40edf07e454a5f09f11179d8de4218588c5337