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

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "knockd" package

Learn how to install knockd on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: knockd
Version: 0.7-1
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Leo Antunes
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), logrotate, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Description: small port-knock daemon
Description-md5: 299f4f026135628095f21e7271283e1f
Homepage: http://www.zeroflux.org/projects/knock
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::server,
protocol::ethernet, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/knockd/knockd_0.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 25250
MD5sum: 2c6fdc12d61c8d3c384a24db834d688d
SHA256: a8cea729ab8202c1fec5198b445536b553c7d149aa1b6869974eb6b35a2a1c5e