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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "wipe" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall wipe on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: wipe
Version: 0.24-4
Installed-Size: 94
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Description: secure file deletion
Description-md5: 1a506a423a5341cc02f3faef2f77580f
Homepage: https://github.com/berke/wipe
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::privacy, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wipe/wipe_0.24-4_amd64.deb
Size: 43192
MD5sum: 412250b141047e75f256f1b3c9fbaa80
SHA256: 096a889ceba317f24a819e08a4a6fdfa103b97a614131a1743d70833d4dd94e9