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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "approx" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install approx on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "approx" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall approx 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 approx package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: approx
Version: 5.12-1
Installed-Size: 6986
Maintainer: Debian OCaml Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.35), adduser, bzip2, curl, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, xz-utils
Suggests: libconfig-model-approx-perl
Description: caching proxy server for Debian archive files
Description-md5: 2f5350f98dbadffdaa97201d17cbf419
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/ocaml-team/approx
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::ocaml, interface::daemon,
network::server, protocol::http, role::program, suite::debian,
use::downloading, use::proxying
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/approx/approx_5.12-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1462548
MD5sum: a55f25c0134c9acc76b425ad9b331a6b
SHA256: 749d4cb6177c5f29fd05122acf54ef1eab11565544a2b8a67127abb835354ac3