How to Install and Uninstall cracklib-runtime Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the cracklib-runtime 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 "cracklib-runtime" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install cracklib-runtime on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cracklib-runtime" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cracklib-runtime 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 cracklib-runtime package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cracklib-runtime
Source: cracklib2 (2.9.6-5)
Version: 2.9.6-5+b1
Installed-Size: 585
Maintainer: Jan Dittberner
Architecture: amd64
Depends: file, libcrack2 (>= 2.9.6-5+b1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: wamerican | wordlist
Description: runtime support for password checker library cracklib2
Description-md5: 735547e1edb1c58c3775b3a199b66896
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib
Tag: implemented-in::c, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, security::authentication, use::checking,
works-with::dictionary
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cracklib2/cracklib-runtime_2.9.6-5+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 143160
MD5sum: 495dae4e80a24e8530f8392b7c6edd2b
SHA256: 4bd0155302ac3885c4b30085eac3ffd9a81fe5a90f45b5fefee4f83cca9c0f57