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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "adduser" package

Please follow the guidance below to install adduser on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall adduser on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: adduser
Version: 3.134
Installed-Size: 686
Maintainer: Debian Adduser Developers
Architecture: all
Depends: passwd
Suggests: liblocale-gettext-perl, perl, cron, quota
Description: add and remove users and groups
Description-md5: a5681e7bad8d90695043c6eab9784701
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::user-management, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.134_all.deb
Size: 183272
MD5sum: 3f5b94b9878c6df571f9aa5f86dab452
SHA256: c24fe4eb8e60d8632d72ed104cce7c92cff200847c897dc8ba764b6c47b519e0