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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "checkpw" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install checkpw on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall checkpw on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: checkpw
Version: 1.02-3
Installed-Size: 81
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: checks password that is stored in ~/Maildir/.password
Description-md5: 0e596add09e4fec4eac8ed38ce8f86db
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::authentication, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/checkpw/checkpw_1.02-3_amd64.deb
Size: 17744
MD5sum: ddc621cf080ef092609d65ddd848f5c7
SHA256: e9e0657987cec7b8524aab0ac99f4cbd46b75df8fb5f03268ed8f06e22a26713