How to Install and Uninstall appstream Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "appstream" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install appstream on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall appstream on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                appstream
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the appstream package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: appstream
Version: 0.14.4-1
Installed-Size: 1995
Maintainer: Matthias Klumpp
Architecture: amd64
Provides: appstream-index
Depends: shared-mime-info, libappstream4 (>= 0.14.4), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.58)
Suggests: apt-config-icons
Breaks: appstream-index (<< 0.14.4-1), gnome-software (<< 3.22.5-1), plasma-discover (<< 5.8.5-3)
Description: Software component metadata management
Description-md5: 7cf2fff1862d6e9404e1ca39507a24b4
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream/appstream_0.14.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 323928
MD5sum: 978fa92b464ccf55c9297bd4441ca847
SHA256: d9de7bfd781fe466b03fa7e1883e5e4648b920a783c33be0341e98a95bc2fe2e