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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "primesieve" package

Learn how to install primesieve on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

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


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

Package: primesieve
Version: 7.6+ds-1
Installed-Size: 23
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: primesieve-bin
Description: fast prime number generator C/C++ library
Description-md5: 4373544486f792558b8c69edec28f825
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/kimwalisch/primesieve
Section: math
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/primesieve/primesieve_7.6+ds-1_all.deb
Size: 15916
MD5sum: 98e5abe3bab0be18d14007380f13a2ac
SHA256: 350aff0db65c59b077971ad2c0f5aa50d8a31ab43ac403f1bda93f93128179a1