How to Install and Uninstall debian-policy Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "debian-policy" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install debian-policy on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                debian-policy
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "debian-policy" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall debian-policy on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.5.1.0
Installed-Size: 4306
Maintainer: Debian Policy Editors
Architecture: all
Recommends: libjs-sphinxdoc (>= 2.4.3-5~)
Suggests: doc-base
Description: Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Description-md5: 3df00b7b3fdbeabad6fda68d649a0b04
Multi-Arch: foreign
Built-Using: sphinx (= 3.3.1-1)
Tag: devel::doc, made-of::html, made-of::pdf, made-of::postscript,
made-of::sgml, role::documentation, suite::debian
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_4.5.1.0_all.deb
Size: 2302860
MD5sum: 59975c2c951a7564b4034cccdded5dfc
SHA256: de213bc47247528707f6d2b17333638fe205cd1ef732b2be3c2e69ab4c4ecac8