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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fossil" package

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


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

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

Package: fossil
Version: 1:2.21-1
Installed-Size: 5108
Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libtcl8.6 | libtcl, libc6 (>= 2.35), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Suggests: gnupg | gnupg2
Description: DSCM with built-in wiki, http interface and server, tickets database
Description-md5: 21b5c8af5ad471c6f1c111bbfb3ccfe7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://fossil-scm.org
Tag: devel::bugtracker, devel::rcs, implemented-in::c, interface::web,
network::client, network::server, protocol::http, role::program,
web::server, web::wiki, works-with-format::html,
works-with::software:source, works-with::text, works-with::vcs
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fossil/fossil_2.21-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1908864
MD5sum: 9e43a8ccbe48e9cf0fd35afb271097f1
SHA256: 4daccef9a0985feacde90f56b4989a32603aaca563e799d35619d8180fa59d07