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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "xattr" package

Please follow the steps below to install xattr on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: xattr
Source: python-xattr
Version: 0.9.6-1
Installed-Size: 19
Maintainer: Federico Ceratto
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: python-xattr (<< 0.9.3-1)
Depends: python3:any, python3-xattr (= 0.9.6-1), python3-pkg-resources
Breaks: python-xattr (<< 0.9.3-1)
Description: tool for manipulating filesystem extended attributes
Description-md5: 4abd01adaa5bda608a89908277aefdf9
Homepage: https://github.com/xattr/xattr
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/python-xattr/xattr_0.9.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 6648
MD5sum: 3b79149f3d1e9e2f827f256e630d9be8
SHA256: c84c0947feda48c5ebba802c89782bd98d8ed9d2853ef19e3d5d04fafd6ac000