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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "tmpreaper" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install tmpreaper on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall tmpreaper on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: tmpreaper
Version: 1.6.17
Installed-Size: 125
Maintainer: Paul Slootman
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: tmpwatch
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libmount1 (>= 2.24.2), debconf (>= 0.5.0) | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: tmpwatch
Description: cleans up files in directories based on their age
Description-md5: a0e82c31f2d9aee95c0f41d6cc0557b2
Tag: admin::automation, interface::daemon, role::program, scope::utility,
works-with::file
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tmpreaper/tmpreaper_1.6.17_amd64.deb
Size: 48096
MD5sum: 6d46f08a5a588b7f522063f77e942035
SHA256: 82f84f361e2d4c9f3cc47ff5527232c03490b3f661edc81aa4192266c86b0a61