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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "aptitude" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install aptitude on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

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


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

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-3
Installed-Size: 4256
Maintainer: Aptitude Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: aptitude-common (= 0.8.13-3), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.0), libboost-iostreams1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcwidget4 (>= 0.5.18-1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6.1+20180210), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.5), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libtinfo6 (>= 6.1+20180210), libxapian30 (>= 1.4.17~)
Recommends: libdpkg-perl, sensible-utils
Suggests: apt-xapian-index, aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc, debtags, tasksel
Description: terminal-based package manager
Description-md5: 6077c8b6794c43d6b34dfc9169fe4ee5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude
Tag: admin::configuring, admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++,
interface::commandline, interface::text-mode, role::program,
scope::application, suite::debian, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::browsing,
use::configuring, use::downloading, use::searching,
works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude_0.8.13-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1349148
MD5sum: c607aeeac8e2e8cae0a9fd05efa555bf
SHA256: f6c057bbfb91159bb86b2ed691e210ea95ffb7d83bbc81b37f37e8aa7615a903