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

Last updated: May 05,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cmospwd" package

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cmospwd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: cmospwd
Source: cmospwd (5.0+dfsg-2)
Version: 5.0+dfsg-2+b1
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Luke Faraone
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: decrypt BIOS passwords from CMOS
Description-md5: 15fd197e22194ff29a906ee8ec37fee9
Homepage: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cmospwd/cmospwd_5.0+dfsg-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 20468
MD5sum: 340e1095d2f6a100333b36a5164cc448
SHA256: 94577f42ee536a9832a26298af2af0e2534db669b2273cb85b80ffdd568e9e08