How to Install and Uninstall apt-file Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 04,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "apt-file" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install apt-file on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-file
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-file" package

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


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

Package: apt-file
Version: 3.3
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: APT Development Team
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, apt, libapt-pkg-perl, libregexp-assemble-perl
Description: search for files within Debian packages (command-line interface)
Description-md5: 3f3f4d44b9836ed93b55a8c90dcc3665
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
protocol::ftp, protocol::http, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::debian, use::searching, works-with::file,
works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-file/apt-file_3.3_all.deb
Size: 39104
MD5sum: 1195d3387b0c04bd9a192dcba986840d
SHA256: 64bf1c0d9f7a5ced5592ac006e024ce2401a1c11579fc907f06884b81cee2949