How to Install and Uninstall libpam-cracklib Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "libpam-cracklib" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpam-cracklib on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpam-cracklib" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libpam-cracklib 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 libpam-cracklib package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libpam-cracklib
Source: pam
Version: 1.3.1-5
Installed-Size: 116
Maintainer: Steve Langasek
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libpam-modules (<< 1.1.0-3), libpam0g-cracklib
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcrack2 (>= 2.8.12), libpam0g (>= 1.1.1), libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-6), cracklib-runtime, wamerican | wordlist
Description: PAM module to enable cracklib support
Description-md5: 0f6f2fd98962cbee59aa831979aad971
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.linux-pam.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::program, role::shared-lib,
security::authentication, use::configuring
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pam/libpam-cracklib_1.3.1-5_amd64.deb
Size: 88204
MD5sum: 2e11e596200c0cd0971a11338ea58047
SHA256: 3faca6ffe99bc9320334e2666ebd0b6230cdbe6818c59ca202b810b39e50ff3c