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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "install-info" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall install-info on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: install-info
Source: texinfo (6.5.0.dfsg.1-4)
Version: 6.5.0.dfsg.1-4+b1
Installed-Size: 387
Maintainer: Debian TeX maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: texinfo (<< 4.13a.dfsg.1-2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1)
Breaks: texinfo (<< 4.13a.dfsg.1-2)
Description: Manage installed documentation in info format
Description-md5: 1fc51f7aec70d7bdeff2e1bf59b3ebbc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Tag: devel::packaging, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::TODO,
works-with-format::info, works-with::file
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/texinfo/install-info_6.5.0.dfsg.1-4+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 342908
MD5sum: a5c01f46230351143da7dee24f849949
SHA256: 1b29164d4254cf34084fcd3b8ee2c4782874386e2a1c5099a1f5b55475052815