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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "ntp" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install ntp on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install ntp

2. Uninstall "ntp" package

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

$ sudo apt remove ntp $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the ntp package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.8p12+dfsg-4
Installed-Size: 2014
Maintainer: Debian NTP Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.8)
Depends: adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), netbase, tzdata, libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libopts25 (>= 1:5.18.12), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Recommends: sntp, perl:any
Suggests: ntp-doc
Breaks: apparmor-profiles-extra (<< 1.8)
Description: Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs
Description-md5: 220487bd9eceed70fec6b929cb922fd3
Homepage: http://support.ntp.org/
Tag: admin::benchmarking, admin::configuring, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, interface::daemon, network::server,
network::service, protocol::TODO, role::program, scope::utility,
use::monitor, use::timekeeping
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p12+dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 760716
MD5sum: a30ec403edf66c9feefb937095e309e7
SHA256: cccb2627abb6881a46b4ac2634dfa59126c07bacc8cb175e5568dfa2ee54bdd8