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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "mingetty" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mingetty on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: mingetty
Source: mingetty (1.08-2)
Version: 1.08-2+b1
Installed-Size: 35
Maintainer: Paul Martin
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: Console-only getty
Description-md5: 0ab16e61804b3e3dd3d05fa683c9ef0b
Tag: admin::login, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::login
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mingetty/mingetty_1.08-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 11330
MD5sum: d698b88075c0d69284f70860da32f773
SHA256: 1fca2c24528f39bbbf49484fefae2ce70a20df14404a5ed1a2bf4b6573266077