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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "since" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install since on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "since" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall since 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 since package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: since
Version: 1.1-7
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: tail(1) work-alike that saves and uses state information
Description-md5: b63036e2aa1ff14373d3eaba27a631bb
Homepage: http://welz.org.za/projects/since
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, use::monitor, use::viewing,
works-with::logfile, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/since/since_1.1-7_amd64.deb
Size: 17212
MD5sum: 5e4ff363e40d314ce025401b99454e62
SHA256: 73f76193c05cbd57fccacbf5b7e4ce322ab80de77c23105fa6962aaecde39d91