How to Install and Uninstall chrony Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "chrony" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install chrony on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall chrony on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                chrony
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the chrony package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: chrony
Version: 3.4-4+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 499
Maintainer: Vincent Blut
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: time-daemon
Provides: time-daemon
Depends: adduser, iproute2, lsb-base, ucf, libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libnettle6 (>= 3.4~), libseccomp2 (>= 2.2.3-3~)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: dnsutils, networkd-dispatcher
Conflicts: ntp, time-daemon
Description: Versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol
Description-md5: f0bbbeab28dbc2e9fe201d3d79df8c96
Homepage: https://chrony.tuxfamily.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
interface::text-mode, network::server, network::service, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::configuring, use::monitor, use::timekeeping
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/chrony/chrony_3.4-4+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 234436
MD5sum: 53fc79dcb3926ac3bdbc9c370329cd6b
SHA256: d83699b1dd1ab68873a9f4957573a4c4b259d98df8550360631708aa8ede3033