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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "vile" package

This tutorial shows how to install vile on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: vile
Version: 9.8y-2
Installed-Size: 1239
Maintainer: Brendan O'Dea
Architecture: amd64
Provides: editor
Depends: vile-common (= 9.8y-2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libperl5.36 (>= 5.36.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: VI Like Emacs - vi work-alike
Description-md5: 1c2d6eec70bbbbe775b92dbf0a95f6dc
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/vile/
Tag: devel::editor, interface::text-mode, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses,
use::editing, works-with::text
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vile/vile_9.8y-2_amd64.deb
Size: 416296
MD5sum: 7cd204e19caaa6cd9221ad7968012866
SHA256: 9489c99fb3d0d65d7a4a28f582a556066941cbba9c3d8dba69575671069c6dc9