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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "uuid" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall uuid on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: uuid
Source: ossp-uuid (1.6.2-1.5)
Version: 1.6.2-1.5+b7
Installed-Size: 44
Maintainer: Marco Nenciarini
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libossp-uuid16
Conflicts: libossp-uuid11
Description: Universally Unique Identifier Command-Line Tool
Description-md5: 85e48fcdb4490302812e9eda53cc614f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
Tag: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::devel-lib,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/ossp-uuid/uuid_1.6.2-1.5+b7_amd64.deb
Size: 21148
MD5sum: 8f08093b52f25127461d1ea30ea76ab2
SHA256: ebe8b8a6750e156d811e51c1c8d9eafc6bf795de5d58a83ecc3e0801e8ed8173