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📛 NAME

deb-why-removed - shows the reason a package was removed from the archive

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
🔍 Show removal reason for a package	deb-why-removed package	Download and display the removal info for the given package name.
🌐 Use custom archive URL	deb-why-removed -u URL package	Fetch removals metadata from a specific URL, path, or origin name.
🔄 Skip cache refresh	deb-why-removed --no-refresh package	Do not refresh the cached removals file even if a newer version exists.
❓ Show help	deb-why-removed -h	Display help message and exit.
ℹ️ Show version	deb-why-removed --version	Display the program version and exit.

📋 SYNOPSIS

deb-why-removed [option...] package...

📖 DESCRIPTION

This program will download the removals metadata from the archive, search and print the entries within for a source or binary package name match.

⚙️ OPTIONS

🌐 -u, --url URL

URL to the archive removals deb822-formatted file list. This can be either an actual URL (https://, http://, file://), a pathname or an origin name. Currently the only origin name known is debian.

🔄 --no-refresh

Do not refresh the cached removals file even if there is a newer version in the archive.

❓ -h, -?, --help

Show a help message and exit.

ℹ️ --version

Show the program version.

📁 FILES

cachedir/devscripts/deb-why-removed/ — This directory contains the cached removal files downloaded from the archive. cachedir will be either $XDG_CACHE_HOME or if that is not defined $HOME/.cache/.

🔗 SEE ALSO

https://ftp-master.debian.org/#removed

Debian Utilities 2026-03-04 DEB-WHY-REMOVED(1)

📛 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 📋 SYNOPSIS 📖 DESCRIPTION ⚙️ OPTIONS 📁 FILES 🔗 SEE ALSO