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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xfsprogs" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall xfsprogs on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: xfsprogs
Version: 6.1.0-1
Installed-Size: 3444
Maintainer: XFS Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Provides: fsck-backend
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.20), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), libinih1 (>= 53), liburcu8 (>= 0.13.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), python3:any
Suggests: xfsdump, acl, attr, quota
Breaks: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Description: Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
Description-md5: 11edfc24e752c0542cb7648c8934181f
Homepage: https://xfs.wiki.kernel.org/
Tag: admin::filesystem, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xfsprogs/xfsprogs_6.1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 992260
MD5sum: e181912df9f6343c10eb635db5469747
SHA256: e2d2a60dd29d568b5724b66d9ff864305cec61a15e6ba842079398524e1c5718