How to Install and Uninstall m4 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the m4 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "m4" package

This is a short guide on how to install m4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "m4" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall m4 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 m4 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: m4
Version: 1.4.19-3
Installed-Size: 670
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: m4-doc
Description: macro processing language
Description-md5: 4d2d2315ae3e9465f92825939c8db872
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
Tag: devel::interpreter, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.19-3_amd64.deb
Size: 286836
MD5sum: 3d374cb0068cf9c51cd42229d22d91bb
SHA256: b2dd7bfca426712416e651bb5ff6dabe7d05e4caebbac61d714dbe261b31e4c3