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

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "hostfiles" package

Please follow the instructions below to install hostfiles on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall hostfiles on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: hostfiles
Source: libhostfile-manager-perl
Version: 0.09-1.1
Installed-Size: 18
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Depends: libhostfile-manager-perl, libterm-clui-perl, perl:any
Description: simple script to manage multiple sets of hostfiles
Description-md5: dfe73f1a3607b4f54a0e43bff03f5210
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Hostfile-Manager
Section: perl
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libh/libhostfile-manager-perl/hostfiles_0.09-1.1_all.deb
Size: 5004
MD5sum: 2a60f980d1df3c0f7f6f51de9fe9795e
SHA256: d53c8840bba9ba825d61b0ae1fa7592b572f44b2324457155a80cd5a5ac7293f