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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "finger" package

Please follow the instructions below to install finger on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall finger 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 finger package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: finger
Source: bsd-finger
Version: 0.17-17
Installed-Size: 49
Maintainer: Josue Ortega
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Description: user information lookup program
Description-md5: fa4c81e598394f7d5057f3373fde86f6
Homepage: http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
Tag: interface::commandline, network::client, protocol::finger,
role::program, works-with::people
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bsd-finger/finger_0.17-17_amd64.deb
Size: 19796
MD5sum: d14e9e3a65ef80711b38be10c4c17178
SHA256: 7931fa53b802c906bebe071fe7bc50ed1486c8f41ca90f25950529a127e3711d