How to Install and Uninstall distro-info Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 07,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "distro-info" package

Please follow the steps below to install distro-info on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                distro-info
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "distro-info" package

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


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

Package: distro-info
Version: 1.5+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Benjamin Drung
Architecture: amd64
Depends: distro-info-data (>= 0.46), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: shunit2
Description: provides information about the distributions' releases
Description-md5: 5671943e370fd3dd7449d885e6363cee
Tag: devel::debian, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/distro-info/distro-info_1.5+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 18136
MD5sum: 857631dc404eae47dee4ff61785baea8
SHA256: c608684b720605a0a3225c608c2624debe0c44c9b90b2eba3540c3ba69d99c44