How to Install and Uninstall appstream-util Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "appstream-util" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install appstream-util on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                appstream-util
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "appstream-util" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall appstream-util on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                appstream-util
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the appstream-util package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: appstream-util
Source: appstream-glib
Version: 0.8.2-1
Installed-Size: 828
Maintainer: PkgUtopia Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: appdata-tools (<< 0.3.4)
Depends: libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.8.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.30.0)
Breaks: appdata-tools (<< 0.3.4)
Description: Utility to work with AppStream metadata
Description-md5: a4492a3684298de274fd2e206004ee03
Homepage: https://github.com/hughsie/appstream-glib
Tag: uitoolkit::gtk
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream-glib/appstream-util_0.8.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 141156
MD5sum: 00b8372f404f29f8744bf036b6ff713d
SHA256: 85b6f933aab0c9440431e7de18f0863c8b05bb0335239849ef54044dbfe96f0d