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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cruft" package

This guide let you learn how to install cruft on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall cruft 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 cruft package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cruft
Source: cruft-ng
Version: 0.9.54
Installed-Size: 12
Maintainer: Alexandre Detiste
Architecture: all
Depends: cruft-ng
Description: transitional package
Description-md5: bfe8ebc058cce6653c20fea6f85a4246
Homepage: https://github.com/a-detiste/cruft-ng/
Tag: admin::filesystem, admin::monitoring, admin::package-management,
devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility, use::monitor,
use::searching, works-with::file
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cruft-ng/cruft_0.9.54_all.deb
Size: 5560
MD5sum: c39c66b88a94b48efce9d7c2fba9b57e
SHA256: 16fa430e3c4bc5a1c1ba0526ca67626e82c2bea6434309738b975caf55592d0d