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

Last updated: September 20,2024

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

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1. Install "less" package

Learn how to install less on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: less
Version: 590-2
Installed-Size: 313
Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: pager program similar to more
Description-md5: a2c2d2eff1fb9762b71faf7540cf8dce
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::gnu, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::viewing, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/l/less/less_590-2_amd64.deb
Size: 131348
MD5sum: 45e9852f6e42cdbd9b1ce70321de0163
SHA256: 45403a9d495cd41997f1358352d386cf0076c1c57790a44df10b0529393cd728