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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "keyutils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install keyutils on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install keyutils

2. Uninstall "keyutils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall keyutils on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove keyutils $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the keyutils package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: keyutils
Version: 1.6-6
Installed-Size: 146
Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.6)
Description: Linux Key Management Utilities
Description-md5: 2d8745863e4f147ac2e1dded0b9fa058
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::authentication, security::cryptography,
security::privacy, use::checking, use::configuring, use::login
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/keyutils/keyutils_1.6-6_amd64.deb
Size: 51660
MD5sum: 8bc52e4d395b0d2fd554d92b9ed9346a
SHA256: 233fae5d7121888af31022479b084884c8cda9c45290f08d3bec2ab1580c8da7