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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "info" package

Please follow the guidance below to install info on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: info
Source: texinfo (6.5.0.dfsg.1-4)
Version: 6.5.0.dfsg.1-4+b1
Installed-Size: 583
Maintainer: Debian TeX maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: texinfo (<< 4.7-2)
Provides: info-browser
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6), install-info
Suggests: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Description: Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
Description-md5: 98475bbce3804b8961f7886328b1baea
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::viewing, works-with-format::info,
works-with::text
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/texinfo/info_6.5.0.dfsg.1-4+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 422212
MD5sum: b598ce4a564da016bcc1ae61a3ffc7ed
SHA256: cf249adfb4548856e5e83f83ea0f9f05c4d38bc10b1b3efe4713d965ca3131dc