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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "tzdata" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall tzdata on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: tzdata
Version: 2021a-0+deb10u6
Installed-Size: 3036
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: libc0.1, libc0.3, libc6, libc6.1
Provides: tzdata-buster
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Description: time zone and daylight-saving time data
Description-md5: a77a3cc9a67658dd7cfdc6547391b8f8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
Tag: role::app-data, use::timekeeping
Section: localization
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/t/tzdata/tzdata_2021a-0+deb10u6_all.deb
Size: 265296
SHA256: 04de4f660350c8a8345291c0222bcb4248bf3754f0074649b85b72d1e80070fc

Package: tzdata
Version: 2021a-0+deb10u3
Installed-Size: 3039
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: libc0.1, libc0.3, libc6, libc6.1
Provides: tzdata-buster
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Description: time zone and daylight-saving time data
Description-md5: a77a3cc9a67658dd7cfdc6547391b8f8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
Tag: role::app-data, use::timekeeping
Section: localization
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/t/tzdata/tzdata_2021a-0+deb10u3_all.deb
Size: 266144
MD5sum: 3ba4c32d84662447a6877e2496947599
SHA256: 1fac8d318a9ecd40a45f861349aef934aacf0b0092d54f17e7dfe0760d17fabd