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

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xtail" package

Please follow the instructions below to install xtail on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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


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

Package: xtail
Version: 2.1-9
Installed-Size: 42
Maintainer: xiao sheng wen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: like "tail -f", but works on truncated files, directories, more
Description-md5: 080c8c76bc7894623b2fa5d4f3e5c933
Homepage: https://www.unicom.com/sw/xtail
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, use::monitor, use::viewing, works-with::file,
works-with::logfile
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xtail/xtail_2.1-9_amd64.deb
Size: 12792
MD5sum: de9b4490a30c612983faa31771a81762
SHA256: e6d96ad6d9bc561785cb9fb50ed49eda72b1fe6a84a34dd409314577f7a79d0c