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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "rsync" package

Please follow the steps below to install rsync on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: rsync
Version: 3.1.3-6
Installed-Size: 729
Maintainer: Paul Slootman
Architecture: amd64
Depends: base-files (>= 4.0.1), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.46-8), libc6 (>= 2.15), libpopt0 (>= 1.14)
Suggests: openssh-client, openssh-server
Breaks: duplicity (<< 0.6.11)
Description: fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
Description-md5: 3bf40f318d2abfed74fa472aaff46d5f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://rsync.samba.org/
Tag: admin::backup, admin::file-distribution, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, interface::daemon, network::client,
network::server, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, role::program,
use::comparing, use::downloading, use::synchronizing, works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rsync/rsync_3.1.3-6_amd64.deb
Size: 396744
MD5sum: 2872d1c1413a45e592738291850f256c
SHA256: 8174360edf75f3dd3a12e8bd4dc0c502a470acdb6e41057672ca3f6d696a79d1