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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "gitbrute" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gitbrute on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: gitbrute
Version: 0~12-4
Installed-Size: 78
Maintainer: Adam Borowski
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libgo16, git
Description: brute-force a git commit hash
Description-md5: c6f26d940cb8628735383c7ba8a818fe
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/bradfitz/gitbrute
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gitbrute/gitbrute_0~12-4_amd64.deb
Size: 19356
MD5sum: b37f0b88b5ebc5d7ca8a438c3c981539
SHA256: 197469f352cc5b60797f8e1314c318e85228c6a4c0e76311721819cb4756bda2