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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

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1. Install "xattr" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xattr on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall xattr on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: xattr
Source: python-xattr
Version: 0.10.1-1
Installed-Size: 18
Maintainer: Federico Ceratto
Architecture: amd64
Depends: python3:any, python3-xattr (= 0.10.1-1), python3-pkg-resources
Description: tool for manipulating filesystem extended attributes
Description-md5: 4abd01adaa5bda608a89908277aefdf9
Homepage: https://github.com/xattr/xattr
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/python-xattr/xattr_0.10.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 5996
MD5sum: c140dda039af1200b9a0a83680dd283e
SHA256: b8633a9016bd43fbd2e902cddd16d843b55ca5aff50de13bcc81df65d64c9262