How to Install and Uninstall aft Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 03,2025

You can also install and uninstall the aft on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "aft" package

Learn how to install aft on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall aft on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 aft package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: aft
Version: 2:5.098-6
Installed-Size: 234
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: perl (>= 5.6)
Description: "free form" document preparation system
Description-md5: ff4835b187300146cdcd26e4be8dd4d7
Homepage: http://www.maplefish.com/todd/aft.html
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::converting, use::text-formatting,
use::typesetting, works-with-format::html, works-with-format::tex,
works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/aft/aft_5.098-6_all.deb
Size: 73916
MD5sum: 39eee2ec56f4e8eff17f477ef0b5b2af
SHA256: cfdeef7e508a579557cb1e2673268ad6b04bbedff8c902b97a08d9d0e2f750f2