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

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "fingerd" package

This is a short guide on how to install fingerd on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Learn how to uninstall fingerd on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: fingerd
Source: bsd-finger
Version: 0.17-15.2
Installed-Size: 39
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Depends: update-inetd, netbase, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Suggests: finger
Description: remote user information server
Description-md5: 252aeb1f06e592ea0a2e97dcb289d598
Tag: interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::finger, role::program,
use::searching, works-with::people
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bsd-finger/fingerd_0.17-15.2_amd64.deb
Size: 12988
MD5sum: 86a1f2ddfefb4ac5d54bf6069c3f6622
SHA256: 9111bf71a72e6358afef8b10446e744393708d25b1e93b4f9258b0bc760ba307