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

Last updated: October 06,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rcs" package

Please follow the steps below to install rcs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall rcs on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: rcs
Version: 5.10.1-1
Installed-Size: 564
Maintainer: Romain Francoise
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Description: The GNU Revision Control System
Description-md5: 15e816a3413cbf988f8fe2207c3d11df
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/
Tag: devel::rcs, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::gnu, use::synchronizing, works-with::file
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rcs/rcs_5.10.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 215972
MD5sum: b3d401447491499b2c774282b0ccfef1
SHA256: 6637ac2f74943ca881b7904444238fd36212d8c6ceee9107eb6429e79bc0772b