How to Install and Uninstall libgetdata8 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libgetdata8" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libgetdata8 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgetdata8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgetdata8" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libgetdata8 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgetdata8 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libgetdata8
Source: libgetdata
Version: 0.10.0-5+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 444
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libgetdata (<< 0.7.3-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6)
Breaks: libgetdata (<< 0.7.3-1)
Description: library to read/write dirfile data
Description-md5: 8b9a6599f682a123dafd734fbf59be6f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://getdata.sourceforge.net/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgetdata/libgetdata8_0.10.0-5+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 224000
MD5sum: 96206003c6364fdaace9b6385a199e2d
SHA256: 27ea486909e44e3e3982fdc28621e8b94d64f9755acce25c7866de4224440bdf