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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "perforate" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall perforate 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 perforate package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: perforate
Version: 1.2-5.3
Installed-Size: 44
Maintainer: Amaya Rodrigo Sastre
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: Utilities to save disk space
Description-md5: f12c66d8427be49df567b504dc826195
Homepage: http://perforate-linux.sf.net
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/perforate/perforate_1.2-5.3_amd64.deb
Size: 12584
MD5sum: 5a18da11a5f6a6af1bf519261535976f
SHA256: e4cd802b327a2ff22539c1c31f316d1d7cf19354a4a9a033e2c790f9216cc955