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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "dropbear" package

This tutorial shows how to install dropbear on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dropbear on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: dropbear
Version: 2018.76-5
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: Guilhem Moulin
Architecture: all
Depends: dropbear-initramfs (>= 2015.68-1), dropbear-run (>= 2015.68-1)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Description: transitional dummy package for dropbear-{run,initramfs}
Description-md5: 39a4cff20d67915c24531afedade3d87
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
Tag: admin::login, interface::daemon, network::server, network::service,
protocol::ssh, role::program, security::authentication, use::login
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dropbear/dropbear_2018.76-5_all.deb
Size: 35436
MD5sum: fb6c6ec2d282cc1cf5a9a1ce37da1f2a
SHA256: b6b09ffc834e0dcbb82a57de8ea4a17f2ef14aefb5b664bbcc22720c4cf84f3c