How to Install and Uninstall mt-st Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mt-st" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mt-st on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mt-st" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mt-st 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 mt-st package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mt-st
Version: 1.7-1
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Iustin Pop
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: Linux SCSI tape driver aware magnetic tape control (aka mt)
Description-md5: 3fabef24fd784c60d7021beae15e2308
Homepage: https://github.com/iustin/mt-st
Tag: admin::backup, hardware::storage, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::storing
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mt-st/mt-st_1.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 34024
MD5sum: 895be30903f0a96a32dbcb75fe769920
SHA256: 00deb2bebb138fdc7169986180c56d234c0f9f0d3f960ccce3e0cff5b598c7da