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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "nwipe" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nwipe on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: nwipe
Version: 0.25-1
Installed-Size: 95
Maintainer: Martijn van Brummelen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libncurses6 (>= 6), libparted2 (>= 3.1), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Description: Utility to securely erase disks
Description-md5: 4c9098ef9191f65068f0701d3db2f71c
Homepage: https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
security::privacy, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nwipe/nwipe_0.25-1_amd64.deb
Size: 32128
MD5sum: 150caa3e32b407171fabe4d81a181966
SHA256: d283d3510c640714b0f0455ead93cba6199bee67cb197e568b3c84c0ba949cc9