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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "packagesearch" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall packagesearch 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 packagesearch package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: packagesearch
Version: 2.8.0
Installed-Size: 1704
Maintainer: Benjamin Mesing
Architecture: amd64
Depends: apt (>= 0.6.46.1), debtags (>= 1.6.1), apt-xapian-index, xterm, libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9~), libc6 (>= 2.34), libept1.6.0 (>= 1.2.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libqt6core6 (>= 6.3.0), libqt6gui6 (>= 6.3), libqt6network6 (>= 6.3), libqt6widgets6 (>= 6.3.0), libqt6xml6 (>= 6.3), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libxapian30 (>= 1.4.19~)
Recommends: apt-file, deborphan
Description: GUI for searching packages and viewing package information
Description-md5: 1f85f884193a2bc4b9c2e1a1bbc4a376
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::application, suite::debian,
uitoolkit::qt, use::browsing, use::filtering, use::searching,
works-with::software:package, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/packagesearch/packagesearch_2.8.0_amd64.deb
Size: 360196
MD5sum: b27751c8dfe3bc17843d9f3e505bca0b
SHA256: 2140c482dea58eaba64edc14b36739b67a18a1cffd785efb7624fd961eeb3b14