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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "attr" package

Please follow the guidance below to install attr on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall attr on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: attr
Version: 1:2.5.1-4
Installed-Size: 154
Maintainer: Guillem Jover
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libattr1 (= 1:2.5.1-4), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: utilities for manipulating filesystem extended attributes
Description-md5: eba64610d62d0ff261b3286c19b2e130
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/attr/
Tag: admin::filesystem, admin::user-management, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
use::configuring, use::storing, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/attr/attr_2.5.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 41172
MD5sum: 06e21178e310e6fee102eac0bc5648bc
SHA256: 90d163ed49c60e0abe494377e40b5fb781925d66d3b924eca2539414cec11461