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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "mlocate" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall mlocate on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: mlocate
Version: 0.26-3
Installed-Size: 492
Maintainer: Tollef Fog Heen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), adduser
Suggests: nocache
Conflicts: findutils (<= 4.2.31-1), slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Description: quickly find files on the filesystem based on their name
Description-md5: 34e9c00f37885dbcdfb61296f24c84df
Homepage: https://pagure.io/mlocate
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::searching
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mlocate/mlocate_0.26-3_amd64.deb
Size: 97668
MD5sum: 74e1c45950e010081b89201c1197f2b3
SHA256: fee215b59be0bb278c600ec8e6735b1be30842b5736f2e6f0585598c283b2413