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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "patch" package

Please follow the instructions below to install patch on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: patch
Version: 2.7.6-3+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 243
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: ed, diffutils-doc
Description: Apply a diff file to an original
Description-md5: d56076980d5ce0f54f9dd685e6ca0ce7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/
Build-Essential: yes
Tag: devel::rcs, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::editing, use::synchronizing,
works-with-format::TODO, works-with-format::diff,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with::file,
works-with::software:source, works-with::text
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/patch/patch_2.7.6-3+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 126380
MD5sum: 55ae21a868ceb91b4c84727f7acc76de
SHA256: 01665e698fbec3b06a50e919be5c57ae7dde678da0db14a331174eaca6d4968b