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

Last updated: December 27,2024

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

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1. Install "bsdmainutils" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall bsdmainutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: bsdmainutils
Version: 12.1.8
Installed-Size: 17
Maintainer: Debian Bsdmainutils Team
Architecture: all
Depends: bsdutils (>= 3.0-0), debianutils (>= 1.8), bsdextrautils (>= 2.35.2-7), ncal
Suggests: calendar, whois, vacation, mailutils
Description: Transitional package for more utilities from FreeBSD
Description-md5: 83464646b592e2fe2746f6b5be6c68e6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bsdmainutils/bsdmainutils_12.1.8_all.deb
Size: 5952
MD5sum: 3d2afb161127b37fe8cd58f7fa93f58e
SHA256: 02e817ed3ac20296862ed240942d5697a86bc043312bd402991fad8501e054b0