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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "finger" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install finger on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall finger on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: finger
Source: bsd-finger
Version: 0.17-15.2
Installed-Size: 48
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Description: user information lookup program
Description-md5: fa4c81e598394f7d5057f3373fde86f6
Tag: interface::commandline, network::client, protocol::finger,
role::program, works-with::people
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bsd-finger/finger_0.17-15.2_amd64.deb
Size: 18664
MD5sum: efe54fb7dabc7d6500514e9ce444d482
SHA256: fea1a67b866482c13331b7027b168b0156f77bc083a3afdd2011146e0b18a72e