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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "fossil" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install fossil on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall fossil on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: fossil
Version: 1:2.8-1
Installed-Size: 2778
Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtcl8.6 | libtcl, libc6 (>= 2.28), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.24.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Suggests: gnupg | gnupg2
Description: DSCM with built-in wiki, http interface and server, tickets database
Description-md5: 21b5c8af5ad471c6f1c111bbfb3ccfe7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://fossil-scm.org
Tag: devel::bugtracker, devel::rcs, implemented-in::c, interface::web,
network::client, network::server, protocol::http, role::program,
web::server, web::wiki, works-with-format::html,
works-with::software:source, works-with::text, works-with::vcs
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fossil/fossil_2.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 903496
MD5sum: 3998e192b8d9c69d25dd017b47f0509f
SHA256: abde936d5798631d70bab2930af922905c36d1b532bb365d46682c9eda8007df