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

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "primesieve" package

Please follow the guidance below to install primesieve on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall primesieve on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: primesieve
Version: 7.3+ds-1
Installed-Size: 22
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: primesieve-bin
Description: fast prime number generator C/C++ library
Description-md5: 4373544486f792558b8c69edec28f825
Homepage: https://primesieve.org/
Section: math
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/primesieve/primesieve_7.3+ds-1_amd64.deb
Size: 14904
MD5sum: 91437133fb39277ff83203aceb11e89a
SHA256: 184db839a93a4333ca3274a55f36c7aacb4cb4649fe11b8721e4aaf29d98961e