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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "initramfs-tools-core" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install initramfs-tools-core on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                initramfs-tools-core
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "initramfs-tools-core" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall initramfs-tools-core on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: initramfs-tools-core
Source: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.133+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 208
Maintainer: Debian kernel team
Architecture: all
Replaces: initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Depends: klibc-utils (>= 2.0.4-8~), cpio (>= 2.12), kmod, udev, coreutils (>= 8.24), e2fsprogs
Recommends: busybox (>= 1:1.22.0-17~) | busybox-static (>= 1:1.22.0-17~), pigz
Suggests: bash-completion
Breaks: busybox (<< 1:1.22.0-17~), busybox-static (<< 1:1.22.0-17~), initramfs-tools (<< 0.121~)
Description: generic modular initramfs generator (core tools)
Description-md5: 8d2ce4976ab4fb33b898ed3006a086fa
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools-core_0.133+deb10u1_all.deb
Size: 99168
MD5sum: d3df7506029d516cc4981b5a7bb12553
SHA256: eef562c04b4d1ce7ce60b832a6228b5bc600b6f56d2d521a8e7865e0757a1462