How to Install and Uninstall b4 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the b4 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "b4" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install b4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                b4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "b4" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall b4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                b4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the b4 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: b4
Version: 0.12.0-2
Installed-Size: 364
Maintainer: Héctor Orón Martínez
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-dkim (>= 1.0.5), python3-dnspython (>= 2.1.0), python3-requests (>= 2.24.0), python3-patatt (>= 0.6.3), git-filter-repo (>= 2.30), python3:any
Description: helper utility to work with patches made available via a public-inbox archive
Description-md5: ff63697978cd22d26e031f5265fb93b4
Homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/b4/b4.git
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/b4/b4_0.12.0-2_all.deb
Size: 76552
MD5sum: b053bd231ca00e069575c8f47d0918b5
SHA256: e4c1241408ad417f8fd06475a2a9ea64f2d95097c54a2552cf9467095a99fe1f