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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "form" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install form on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "form" package

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

Package: form
Version: 4.3.0+git20230104+ds-1
Installed-Size: 4870
Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), libopenmpi3 (>= 4.1.4), libstdc++6 (>= 11), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), strace
Description: Symbolic manipulation system
Description-md5: 84468d585ba68000c5b3f146029e3dc6
Homepage: https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
Tag: field::physics, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, works-with::file
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/form/form_4.3.0+git20230104+ds-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1432208
MD5sum: 95018fc6f2b02adbb9b972be7239def1
SHA256: 43040c919b0dc88dd320c726cb160c2ea2070c810e3e17ae09b062b87e7b3a59