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

Last updated: December 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "stow" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install stow on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "stow" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall stow 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 stow package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: stow
Version: 2.3.1-1
Installed-Size: 845
Maintainer: Chuan-kai Lin
Architecture: all
Depends: perl
Suggests: doc-base
Description: Organizer for /usr/local software packages
Description-md5: 952b8725dcbc2ad8368dbc929406052e
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/
Tag: admin::install, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::organizing
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/stow/stow_2.3.1-1_all.deb
Size: 410300
MD5sum: 8969630eb9cf0c9606264ecb12875e93
SHA256: 1978c53b69d021f97b0146b3fe6f7e9937995fa2d44facc2d0daf5a1e5854672