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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "locate" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install locate on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall locate on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: locate
Source: findutils
Version: 4.8.0-1
Installed-Size: 421
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: findutils (<< 4.2.31-2)
Depends: findutils (>> 4.2.31-1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Breaks: slocate (<= 3.1-1.1)
Description: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Description-md5: bff4cb1129be08196a6ed2311b3d1fbc
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Tag: implemented-in::c, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, use::searching
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/locate_4.8.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 278396
MD5sum: 10882b5656abe81e7c647d1989c52b83
SHA256: d7cc9c3311f68e3074e4b0089da65cadd185a2afc73de81d195bac607764759f