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

Last updated: April 27,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "texinfo" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall texinfo on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: texinfo
Source: texinfo (6.8-6)
Version: 6.8-6+b1
Installed-Size: 12462
Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: tetex-base (<< 1.0.2+20000804-9), tetex-bin (<< 3.0), texinfo-doc-nonfree
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), perl (>= 5.36.0-4), perlapi-5.36.0, libtext-unidecode-perl, libxml-libxml-perl, tex-common
Suggests: texlive-base, texlive-latex-base, texlive-plain-generic, texlive-fonts-recommended
Breaks: ja-trans (<= 0.7-3.1), tetex-base (<< 3.0), tetex-bin (<< 3.0), texinfo-doc-nonfree
Description: Documentation system for on-line information and printed output
Description-md5: 1c7c77fec8377bb6e9c62acc5e9736a6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu,
use::converting, works-with-format::info, works-with-format::tex,
works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/texinfo/texinfo_6.8-6+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 1815916
MD5sum: 6f68ca5c7d038bb262ee785235394a9e
SHA256: e397ec5b52f54db5ad82b1f95e62f2ae85fe2c728f3cf94a8af77bdf57340389