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

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "sendfile" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall sendfile on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: sendfile
Version: 2.1b.20080616-8
Installed-Size: 576
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, perl | perl5, update-inetd, libdpkg-perl
Suggests: pgp-i
Description: Simple Asynchronous File Transfer
Description-md5: 544c219ea9ea2e5464e79b350c4ef1a4
Homepage: http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/saft/
Tag: interface::commandline, network::client, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::transmission, works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sendfile/sendfile_2.1b.20080616-8_amd64.deb
Size: 189460
MD5sum: cc21e6cc38ee2cf8a52d9791854d130d
SHA256: 05bdc8ec798818033d9aeb21e6b797f3da10a71c2dbe53c6bff3834024aa76d5