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

Last updated: May 02,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "findutils" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall findutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: findutils
Version: 4.9.0-4
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 1746
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Breaks: binstats (<< 1.08-8.1), guilt (<< 0.36-0.2), libpython3.4-minimal (<< 3.4.4-2), libpython3.5-minimal (<< 3.5.1-3), lsat (<< 0.9.7.1-2.1), mc (<< 3:4.8.11-1), switchconf (<< 0.0.9-2.1)
Description: utilities for finding files--find, xargs
Description-md5: ad1a783819241ffdf3ff5f37a676af59
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::searching, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.9.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 635500
MD5sum: 2e00b139a6fae85aa2acb88f954cab39
SHA256: 5dd86bd0af4aa73f067dfd6b8339dd868f2dd84056aa79db29d1206d4fbc5e04