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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "foremost" package

This tutorial shows how to install foremost on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall foremost on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: foremost
Version: 1.5.7-8
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Raúl Benencia
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: forensic program to recover lost files
Description-md5: a4c203200ff8fc06c24eec52adcd041b
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/foremost/
Tag: admin::forensics, admin::recovery, hardware::storage,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::forensics, use::scanning
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/foremost/foremost_1.5.7-8_amd64.deb
Size: 41716
MD5sum: d834eeb9c8e95ea4598787f1b655e404
SHA256: 0c890c2c15e0f699269af0a531cae0cab9f3afd5345a0806067904b358a2ecae