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

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "devscripts" package

This tutorial shows how to install devscripts on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "devscripts" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall devscripts on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 devscripts package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.21.3+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 2655
Maintainer: Devscripts Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: hardening-includes, ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.124~)
Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.18.19), fakeroot, file, gnupg | gnupg2, gpgv | gpgv2, libfile-dirlist-perl, libfile-homedir-perl, libfile-touch-perl, libfile-which-perl, libipc-run-perl, libmoo-perl, libwww-perl, patchutils, sensible-utils, wdiff, perl:any, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.3.4)
Recommends: apt (>= 1.3~pre3), dctrl-tools, dput | dupload, libdistro-info-perl, libdpkg-perl, libencode-locale-perl, libgit-wrapper-perl, libgitlab-api-v4-perl, liblist-compare-perl, libstring-shellquote-perl, libtry-tiny-perl, liburi-perl, licensecheck, lintian, man-db, patch, pristine-tar, python3-apt, python3-debian (>= 0.1.15), python3-magic, python3-requests, python3-unidiff, python3-xdg, strace, unzip, wget | curl, xz-utils, debian-keyring, equivs, liblwp-protocol-https-perl, libsoap-lite-perl
Suggests: adequate, at, autopkgtest, bls-standalone, bsd-mailx | mailx, build-essential, check-all-the-things, cvs-buildpackage, debhelper, devscripts-el, diffoscope, disorderfs, dose-extra (>= 4.0), duck, faketime, gnuplot, how-can-i-help, libauthen-sasl-perl, libdbd-pg-perl, libfile-desktopentry-perl, libnet-smtps-perl, libterm-size-perl, libtimedate-perl, libyaml-syck-perl, mmdebstrap, mozilla-devscripts, mutt, piuparts, postgresql-client, pristine-lfs, quilt, ratt, reprotest, ssh-client, svn-buildpackage, w3m
Breaks: hardening-includes, ubuntu-dev-tools (<< 0.147~)
Description: scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Description-md5: 3eceba0dfc121a5d096d84b021573175
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::debian, devel::packaging, implemented-in::perl,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian,
use::checking, works-with::bugs, works-with::software:package,
works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.21.3+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1092516
MD5sum: d45ad09d00e693335643d3e0fec0f34a
SHA256: 90c442893aa007b43b9db6af365bc681f4da376f3107c5a9ef828fec2dd475ca