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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "locate" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install locate

2. Uninstall "locate" package

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

$ sudo apt remove locate $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the locate package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: locate
Source: findutils
Version: 4.9.0-4
Installed-Size: 374
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)
Depends: findutils (>> 4.2.31-1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Breaks: slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Description: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Description-md5: bff4cb1129be08196a6ed2311b3d1fbc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Tag: implemented-in::c, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, use::searching
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/locate_4.9.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 239672
MD5sum: eb9894601a7cf7c3ef2d277e89a7a9af
SHA256: edf592d09b408de642511e75f000eb5846dc69bc3553e3e13fa69523cc3a5126