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

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "wakeonlan" package

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


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

Learn how to uninstall wakeonlan on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: wakeonlan
Version: 0.41-12
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: Thijs Kinkhorst
Architecture: all
Depends: perl
Description: Sends 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled ethernet adapters
Description-md5: 1f4cb6ce85d821307a46719513c54d04
Homepage: https://github.com/jpoliv/wakeonlan
Tag: admin::boot, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
network::configuration, protocol::ethernet, protocol::udp,
role::program, scope::utility, use::transmission
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wakeonlan/wakeonlan_0.41-12_all.deb
Size: 10464
MD5sum: e8bdeedaed20a6b940dca52f67e2017b
SHA256: fdbde7d160d6ef8adce553b9e7d12224a4ed182742093d535ba07f9a90cc2ec7