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

Last updated: May 04,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "automake" package

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


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

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

Package: automake
Source: automake-1.16
Version: 1:1.16.5-1.3
Installed-Size: 1837
Maintainer: Eric Dorland
Architecture: all
Provides: automake-1.16, automaken
Depends: autoconf, autotools-dev
Suggests: autoconf-doc, gnu-standards
Description: Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
Description-md5: cab2176975a43b42c86cd4289740737e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
Tag: devel::buildtools, implemented-in::TODO, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::configuring
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/automake-1.16/automake_1.16.5-1.3_all.deb
Size: 822960
MD5sum: 09d47e289c506a7c7f3290f3550c5eca
SHA256: f9a5758d87b5389bf2dbb00cc9c48e0cf59bb0ac842c5ce25d41e4bfa3f2f962