How to remove (uninstall) XSane in Devuan Linux
Removing XSane Image Scanning Program in Devuan Linux is very simple and fast. You should run those two commands:
$ sudo apt-get purge xsane
$ sudo apt autoremove xsane
or combine them into one:
$ sudo apt-get purge xsane && sudo apt autoremove xsane
output:
$ sudo apt-get purge xsane && sudo apt autoremove xsane
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
xsane-common
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
xsane*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 931 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 104449 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xsane (0.999-5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'xsane' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages will be REMOVED:
xsane-common
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 4,543 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 104421 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xsane-common (0.999-5) ...