How to Install and Uninstall dh-nss Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dh-nss" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dh-nss on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dh-nss" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dh-nss 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 dh-nss package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dh-nss
Version: 1.7
Installed-Size: 42
Maintainer: Gioele Barabucci
Architecture: all
Provides: dh-sequence-installnss
Depends: libdebhelper-perl, perl:any
Enhances: debhelper
Description: debhelper addon to inject NSS services into /etc/nsswitch.conf
Description-md5: 536b6cb026a271fa18919ce0218c1698
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/gioele/dh-nss
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dh-nss/dh-nss_1.7_all.deb
Size: 11184
MD5sum: 141406c0f287e1e5a3df9abff6b5f90e
SHA256: 08cde9cf633393b4d1bab06afd68b6f04a8e826dc16de5dca529e01f52fd16f1