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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libpwquality-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to install libpwquality-tools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpwquality-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpwquality-tools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libpwquality-tools on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libpwquality-tools
Source: libpwquality
Version: 1.4.0-3
Installed-Size: 448
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0)
Recommends: cracklib-runtime
Description: tools for password quality checking and generation
Description-md5: 748331af36bc84978f52ee4344e90e81
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpwquality/libpwquality-tools_1.4.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 51000
MD5sum: f41ecc3e35ead01b98135581882bddbf
SHA256: 0cacdaf710dafc7135352cb09fa73a6e768ef3165f5ecd7ae5d849b586b71d80