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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "hostfiles" package

Please follow the steps below to install hostfiles on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: hostfiles
Source: libhostfile-manager-perl
Version: 0.09-1
Installed-Size: 18
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Depends: libhostfile-manager-perl, libterm-clui-perl, perl:any
Description: simple script to manage multiple sets of hostfiles
Description-md5: dfe73f1a3607b4f54a0e43bff03f5210
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Hostfile-Manager
Section: perl
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libh/libhostfile-manager-perl/hostfiles_0.09-1_all.deb
Size: 4856
MD5sum: a3b3565163fb2b4e0c28d3d7f8b06801
SHA256: a0dafe12091c619ddba6bad064f504ff5776005f38aaaf393c30ddd039349f75