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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "locate" package

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


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

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


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

Package: locate
Source: findutils
Version: 4.6.0+git+20190209-2
Installed-Size: 421
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)
Depends: findutils (>> 4.2.31-1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Breaks: slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Description: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Description-md5: bff4cb1129be08196a6ed2311b3d1fbc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Tag: implemented-in::c, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, use::searching
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/locate_4.6.0+git+20190209-2_amd64.deb
Size: 269588
MD5sum: 172bde93de468ad2008f92aec398f230
SHA256: ea1b0f335917e40a65d9edab694d28b39aad10465154b95d335d6f152069ce23