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

Last updated: May 12,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dh-cruft" package

This is a short guide on how to install dh-cruft on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: dh-cruft
Source: cruft-ng
Version: 0.9.54
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: Alexandre Detiste
Architecture: all
Provides: dh-sequence-cruft
Depends: perl:any
Description: plugin for DebHelper to register .cruft and .purge files
Description-md5: 42ee11eb7fef9e2a87cfa664ac705c60
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/a-detiste/cruft-ng/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cruft-ng/dh-cruft_0.9.54_all.deb
Size: 9172
MD5sum: e7a1d29a0e764956ba6a0da88fb584c7
SHA256: 391c14766c05fc4de5879bc329feb9d04bbc18d20609e157f9347a2b8fda1562