How to Install and Uninstall info Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Last updated: November 25,2024
Notice
You can also install and uninstall the info on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system
- MX Linux 23
- SparkyLinux
1. Install "info" package
In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install info on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt install
info
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2. Uninstall "info" package
This tutorial shows how to uninstall info on Debian 12 (Bookworm):
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sudo apt remove
info
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sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
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3. Information about the info package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Package: info
Source: texinfo (6.8-6)
Version: 6.8-6+b1
Installed-Size: 845
Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Provides: info-browser
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libtinfo6 (>= 6), install-info
Breaks: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Description: Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
Description-md5: 98475bbce3804b8961f7886328b1baea
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::viewing, works-with-format::info,
works-with::text
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/texinfo/info_6.8-6+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 318740
MD5sum: 42465804b04620c123ab44c5087d49e2
SHA256: a1debd4272bdac84f74a9cdcc9ff064e567eb8f83f6ba77b55657fee125c98ac
Source: texinfo (6.8-6)
Version: 6.8-6+b1
Installed-Size: 845
Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Provides: info-browser
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libtinfo6 (>= 6), install-info
Breaks: texinfo-doc-nonfree
Description: Standalone GNU Info documentation browser
Description-md5: 98475bbce3804b8961f7886328b1baea
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::viewing, works-with-format::info,
works-with::text
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/texinfo/info_6.8-6+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 318740
MD5sum: 42465804b04620c123ab44c5087d49e2
SHA256: a1debd4272bdac84f74a9cdcc9ff064e567eb8f83f6ba77b55657fee125c98ac