How to Install and Uninstall acct Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: April 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the acct on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "acct" package

This tutorial shows how to install acct on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall acct on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                acct
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the acct package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: acct
Source: acct (6.6.4-5)
Version: 6.6.4-5+b1
Installed-Size: 340
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), lsb-base
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: GNU Accounting utilities for process and login accounting
Description-md5: 2411ebcaa9bca02b21c19f927d3e1bda
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/acct/
Tag: admin::accounting, admin::user-management, interface::daemon,
role::program, suite::gnu, use::monitor, use::storing, use::viewing,
works-with::logfile, works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/acct/acct_6.6.4-5+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 100876
MD5sum: d2518a4ab07dd6908160c7aaae757de2
SHA256: f961596c2615434a25aaef7ebaf90edb37ec25ed0b87800a3bfc3e7cad3fe73a