How to Install and Uninstall python-cracklib Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "python-cracklib" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install python-cracklib on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-cracklib" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall python-cracklib on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python-cracklib package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: python-cracklib
Source: cracklib2
Version: 2.9.6-2
Installed-Size: 62
Maintainer: Jan Dittberner
Architecture: amd64
Provides: python2.7-cracklib
Depends: cracklib-runtime (>= 2.9.6-2), libcrack2 (>= 2.9.6-2), python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.7), python:any (>= 2.6.6-7~), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Conflicts: python-crack
Description: Python bindings for password checker library cracklib2
Description-md5: 1b7b5178e1209cb931eba25285e26244
Homepage: https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib
Tag: devel::lang:python, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::python, role::devel-lib, role::shared-lib,
works-with::dictionary
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cracklib2/python-cracklib_2.9.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 24056
MD5sum: 7b35ccb63444559a375a37eaaef15895
SHA256: 8b7ab6b89cf4d8b2ef28576b940a0a74e78ef11f228cdbf322265ecd767a6f98