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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ferret" package

This tutorial shows how to install ferret on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: ferret
Version: 0.7-2
Installed-Size: 2056
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: bwidget (>= 1.7.0), tk
Suggests: postgresql | mariadb-server | virtual-mysql-server
Description: CASE tool for data model editing
Description-md5: 0bee4005802c3785c28feec3452bfaa5
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/ferret/
Tag: devel::modelling, role::program, scope::application, suite::gnu,
works-with::db
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ferret/ferret_0.7-2_all.deb
Size: 382528
MD5sum: 23f635947cd2085681ece4155cdf0daa
SHA256: 2d07d259d86927964db80f7eecc3126a908d77cfae42c23428e715159496e426