How to Install and Uninstall dropbear-initramfs Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dropbear-initramfs" package

This is a short guide on how to install dropbear-initramfs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dropbear-initramfs" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall dropbear-initramfs 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 dropbear-initramfs package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dropbear-initramfs
Source: dropbear
Version: 2022.83-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Guilhem Moulin
Architecture: all
Replaces: dropbear (<< 2015.68-1)
Depends: busybox | busybox-static, dropbear-bin (>= 2022.83-1+deb12u1), initramfs-tools (>= 0.94), udev
Recommends: cryptsetup-initramfs
Breaks: dropbear (<< 2015.68-1)
Description: lightweight SSH2 server and client - initramfs integration
Description-md5: 5dd10490aa9e4ec06e1152daf8823742
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dropbear/dropbear-initramfs_2022.83-1+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 41624
MD5sum: 7d5bb1fa1686005d806b7d520e433f75
SHA256: 353645a1e092de98f2f058e825ad8779a7689e0fd03c94398ac5dad58a837c72