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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "ntpdate" package

This tutorial shows how to install ntpdate on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ntpdate on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: ntpdate
Source: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.8p12+dfsg-4
Installed-Size: 236
Maintainer: Debian NTP Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.17), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Description: client for setting system time from NTP servers (deprecated)
Description-md5: 130a5677fa1358ddd81dff4fc2738d51
Homepage: http://support.ntp.org/
Tag: admin::configuring, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::TODO, protocol::ip, protocol::udp, role::program,
use::timekeeping
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ntp/ntpdate_4.2.8p12+dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 153044
MD5sum: 95c2dcdbf3ab0276f9420233ca601bbb
SHA256: 622120b58939d76e47604174e9643ad1356a63ec6d293f30c31a5f3636be54b5