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

Last updated: February 16,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "halibut" package

Please follow the guidance below to install halibut on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall halibut 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 halibut package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: halibut
Version: 1.3-2
Installed-Size: 1661
Maintainer: Colin Watson
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Enhances: enscript, vim
Description: yet another free document preparation system
Description-md5: 1ecf5316d9daac7e07a26114eec19d75
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut.html
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::converting, works-with-format::html,
works-with-format::info, works-with-format::man,
works-with-format::pdf, works-with-format::postscript,
works-with::text, works-with::unicode
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/halibut/halibut_1.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 650432
MD5sum: 22ef44591661b77aa9d71221242549df
SHA256: 0355f42123541d048167cefc54db12dbd197c9ef159786c2308877c6505c41e3