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

Last updated: January 09,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "vmtouch" package

Please follow the guidance below to install vmtouch on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall vmtouch on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: vmtouch
Version: 1.3.1-2
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Lucas Nussbaum
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: Portable file system cache diagnostics and control
Description-md5: c9b73eefccb21061ac2ddc8354e11219
Homepage: https://hoytech.com/vmtouch/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vmtouch/vmtouch_1.3.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 23188
MD5sum: 9bca4f832563784e1525ffe9403c7400
SHA256: badab9d3d35d5d4ce2fccb39d41067843f63a8b979aab8a7475830e5995bee2c