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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "rancid" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rancid on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: rancid
Version: 3.9-1
Installed-Size: 1906
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: rancid-core (<< 2.3.2-1), rancid-util (<< 2.3.2-1)
Provides: rancid-core, rancid-util
Depends: adduser, cvs | subversion | git, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, expect, iputils-ping | ping, libperl4-corelibs-perl, openssh-client | ssh, passwd, perl, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: diffstat
Breaks: rancid-core (<< 2.3.2-1), rancid-util (<< 2.3.2-1)
Description: Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ
Description-md5: c3d1e662df232fbb8fd7d78a39f154c4
Homepage: https://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/
Tag: admin::backup, implemented-in::perl, network::configuration,
protocol::ip, protocol::ssh, protocol::telnet, role::program,
use::comparing, use::configuring, works-with::vcs
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rancid/rancid_3.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 234084
MD5sum: 5764db167a4b2eac8fa0886e840a771e
SHA256: f5245a960437f11f880bc252e2eaaab4e7daa4dc35c2dff465c932c43fa97ecc