How to Install and Uninstall nss-updatedb Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "nss-updatedb" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nss-updatedb on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nss-updatedb
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nss-updatedb" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall nss-updatedb on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: nss-updatedb
Source: nss-updatedb (10-3)
Version: 10-3+b2
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Guido Guenther
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdb5.3
Recommends: libnss-db
Description: Cache name service directories in DB format
Description-md5: c042eb717d722ef4c1102e711066cc9a
Homepage: http://www.padl.com/OSS/nss_updatedb.html
Tag: interface::daemon, network::server, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nss-updatedb/nss-updatedb_10-3+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 12892
MD5sum: 2c90831a45f4c60792be44aa0944ae63
SHA256: 54fcd38af68dcf8d79126f7c9a79ee20ece7a362fcd013b772620364f616a5ce