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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sharutils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install sharutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall sharutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: sharutils
Version: 1:4.15.2-9
Installed-Size: 1415
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: bsd-mailx | mailx, sharutils-doc
Conflicts: shar, uuencode
Description: shar, unshar, uuencode, uudecode
Description-md5: a3a4ed873198b8a52375099d19def9a1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu,
use::converting, works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sharutils/sharutils_4.15.2-9_amd64.deb
Size: 261760
MD5sum: 23b236476c0c999fd90fd9ced38ca03b
SHA256: 381cf504e10105283b76789bd6ec02fa96e65914993d60f6187fb67efe6e0698