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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

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1. Install "plocate" package

Learn how to install plocate on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall plocate on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                plocate
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the plocate package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: plocate
Version: 1.1.18-1
Installed-Size: 522
Maintainer: Steinar H. Gunderson
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mlocate (<< 1.1.7)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 12), liburing2 (>= 2.3), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), adduser
Suggests: systemd-sysv | powermgmt-base, systemd-sysv | nocache
Breaks: mlocate (<< 1.1.7)
Description: much faster locate
Description-md5: a4c5300ae99585b540de76b958206601
Homepage: https://plocate.sesse.net/
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/plocate/plocate_1.1.18-1_amd64.deb
Size: 125272
MD5sum: bea824f1487ffad70686189c2e0edab1
SHA256: 212e36fd115c8f0532f9b45610daee6114ae9386691d06686b2e5349e6124fd3