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

Last updated: April 27,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xindy" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install xindy on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xindy 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 xindy package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xindy
Version: 2.5.1.20160104-11
Installed-Size: 1189
Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: xindy-rules, clisp-memfile-hash-dc499342fadce3bfbd875a2d3acf49037071ef52, libc6 (>= 2.14), perl:any, clisp
Description: index generator for structured documents like LaTeX or SGML
Description-md5: 040ee66ff8faf1c7eeae343e7b25a086
Homepage: http://www.xindy.org/
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xindy/xindy_2.5.1.20160104-11_amd64.deb
Size: 1128560
MD5sum: 867d08e1fd0cdee63d88636c740ad249
SHA256: b2723bc114adc4ced977ad6ea6a89faeb493f3b2a1910ab9109cd51dbdc41fe9