How to Install and Uninstall console-setup Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "console-setup" package

Please follow the guidance below to install console-setup on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                console-setup
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "console-setup" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall console-setup on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: console-setup
Version: 1.193~deb10u1
Installed-Size: 421
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: all
Depends: console-setup-linux | console-setup-freebsd | hurd, xkb-data (>= 0.9), keyboard-configuration (= 1.193~deb10u1)
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 1.5.34)
Suggests: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), locales
Conflicts: console-setup-mini
Breaks: lsb (<< 2.0-6), lsb-base (<< 3.0-6), lsb-core (<< 2.0-6)
Description: console font and keymap setup program
Description-md5: 68ace576871ee78c34a9c31d6c6d6bf9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::configuring, hardware::input:keyboard, implemented-in::shell,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
use::configuring, works-with::font
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/console-setup/console-setup_1.193~deb10u1_all.deb
Size: 98488
MD5sum: 59de387d88773ca1f8177ae035db08d5
SHA256: 2ad6c7ef16ab20ec6714abab8ff795690a65078ad1bbccbbaadb90d2d803d838