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

Last updated: March 13,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hostfiles" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install hostfiles on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "hostfiles" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall hostfiles 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 hostfiles package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: hostfiles
Source: libhostfile-manager-perl
Version: 0.09-3
Installed-Size: 18
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Depends: libhostfile-manager-perl, libterm-clui-perl, perl:any
Description: simple script to manage multiple sets of hostfiles
Description-md5: dfe73f1a3607b4f54a0e43bff03f5210
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Hostfile-Manager
Section: perl
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libh/libhostfile-manager-perl/hostfiles_0.09-3_all.deb
Size: 5332
MD5sum: 95cac196fada72def373cb1b0e431941
SHA256: 1cd827164490bcd3ec22ccf2411df4800e091e9b4f0bb0720a22819dc8878674