How to Install and Uninstall pristine-tar Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "pristine-tar" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install pristine-tar on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pristine-tar
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pristine-tar" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pristine-tar on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: pristine-tar
Version: 1.46
Installed-Size: 555
Maintainer: Tomasz Buchert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: tar (>= 1.27-3), xdelta, xdelta3, perl, libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: bzip2, pbzip2, xz-utils
Description: regenerate pristine tarballs
Description-md5: 3cfce5eb84507505c671f03a5101c3b2
Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/pristine-tar/
Tag: admin::backup, devel::packaging, implemented-in::perl,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
use::compressing, use::storing, works-with::vcs
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pristine-tar/pristine-tar_1.46_amd64.deb
Size: 116428
MD5sum: 1dc24748af4bccd52a3edbcdd508da2d
SHA256: 6712a9ccee8105b1c58ae69fd2253f65fe8191dde9a3bb1f11847e8b8109de72