How to Install and Uninstall m4 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "m4" package

Please follow the guidance below to install m4 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                m4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "m4" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall m4 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                m4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the m4 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: m4
Version: 1.4.18-5
Installed-Size: 357
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9)
Suggests: m4-doc
Description: macro processing language
Description-md5: 4d2d2315ae3e9465f92825939c8db872
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
Tag: devel::interpreter, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.18-5_amd64.deb
Size: 203532
MD5sum: a0947b59de61240965468237908e7575
SHA256: 3f8c1eb408d0a4cb4db7b2092f7aaced5bd2956514a91b06636ed621eab2e4ed