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

Last updated: January 22,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "par" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall par 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 par package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: par
Version: 1.53.0-2
Installed-Size: 85
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: Paragraph reformatter
Description-md5: 71660063a9c5d8d7c0aae26ef5f56aeb
Homepage: http://www.nicemice.net/par/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::text-formatting, works-with-format::plaintext,
works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/par/par_1.53.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 51384
MD5sum: 3d025362bb6d2d552f0604f5d1f36274
SHA256: d9fac794c4d3e3ee38e97c2d0996d6ed573e2563ad67a0bf746929d048a99b42