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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "dropbear-initramfs" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall dropbear-initramfs on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: dropbear-initramfs
Source: dropbear
Version: 2018.76-5
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: Guilhem Moulin
Architecture: all
Replaces: dropbear (<< 2015.68-1)
Depends: busybox | busybox-static, dropbear-bin (>= 2018.76-5), initramfs-tools (>= 0.94), udev
Recommends: cryptsetup
Breaks: dropbear (<< 2015.68-1)
Description: lightweight SSH2 server and client - initramfs integration
Description-md5: 902d7f1aa2c363f563200e06f44cb17b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dropbear/dropbear-initramfs_2018.76-5_all.deb
Size: 40568
MD5sum: b6a99ea99d37fea361da1b6199f10885
SHA256: 251140368d6c5fea7a0c21d4f0884225a09014887119c5a527da67a4d0ec44fa