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

Last updated: February 01,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "filter" package

Learn how to install filter on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall filter 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 filter package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: filter
Source: filter (2.6.3+ds1-3)
Version: 2.6.3+ds1-3+b1
Installed-Size: 86
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: program that filters local email via forward/pipe
Description-md5: c318bce74f48d8021e639c3a25091577
Homepage: http://www.bolthole.com/filter/
Tag: interface::commandline, mail::delivery-agent, mail::filters,
role::program, scope::utility, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/filter/filter_2.6.3+ds1-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 33400
MD5sum: 7f37ea99edeabd4f2a0233328578577e
SHA256: 86218cdaddbdea0c8e8c694f130fae71866a797eb805b84773b6e63f72f2e122