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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "pimd" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall pimd on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: pimd
Version: 2.3.2-2
Installed-Size: 243
Maintainer: Antonin Kral
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Conflicts: mrouted, smcroute
Description: multicast routing daemon (PIMv2)
Description-md5: 6fd27404ba342f18f1d79593fa741628
Homepage: http://github.com/troglobit/pimd
Tag: interface::daemon, network::routing, network::server, role::program,
use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pimd/pimd_2.3.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 117030
MD5sum: a5b74d870deaa4111f16e9c65cfcf501
SHA256: 4b8433ac7a0482d17b0082432fa0c04168eff5586dcf36483999c3845dfb9163