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

Last updated: February 23,2025

1. Install "procps" package

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


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

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


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

Package: procps
Version: 2:3.3.17-5
Installed-Size: 1648
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2)
Provides: watch
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libncurses6 (>= 6), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libprocps8 (>= 2:3.3.16-1), libtinfo6 (>= 6), lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), init-system-helpers (>= 1.29~)
Recommends: psmisc
Breaks: guymager (<= 0.5.9-1), manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2), open-vm-tools (<= 2011.12.20-562307-1)
Description: /proc file system utilities
Description-md5: 943f3288c1aaa379fca73a3ff1a35278
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::checking, use::monitor,
works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/p/procps/procps_3.3.17-5_amd64.deb
Size: 501856
MD5sum: 8a4da251c9ef83b242d2437926ced728
SHA256: ac8edf0517abe09637c36651cb6a59e10948b2879f3af9003b9145b2128a7a08