How to Install and Uninstall argon2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the argon2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "argon2" package

This guide let you learn how to install argon2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "argon2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall argon2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the argon2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: argon2
Version: 0~20171227-0.3+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 63
Maintainer: Luca Bruno
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: memory-hard hashing function - utility
Description-md5: 0dde3f6fd43fb48a8ee4a31c6947697a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/P-H-C/phc-winner-argon2
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/argon2/argon2_0~20171227-0.3+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 22756
MD5sum: 9424f18a9d30322857bb5f14e6d8b07e
SHA256: ffecccde5db381bce5c9c0a9bc19ccf485110df196b8067cb52328498309a091