How to Install and Uninstall safe-rm Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 21,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "safe-rm" package

This is a short guide on how to install safe-rm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                safe-rm
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "safe-rm" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall safe-rm on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: safe-rm
Version: 1.1.0-5
Installed-Size: 492
Maintainer: Francois Marier
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2)
Description: wrapper around the rm command to prevent accidental deletions
Description-md5: 2ed3333d960d55d4ffab4df6ab1a0e19
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/safe-rm
Built-Using: rustc (= 1.63.0+dfsg1-2)
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::checking
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/safe-rm/safe-rm_1.1.0-5_amd64.deb
Size: 172336
MD5sum: 728840897cef316abee7928649a4f927
SHA256: b2e4753e573ea9943af54bea3c19417752767ee9e4a7f894c2f6935fa514cdf0