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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fingerd" package

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


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

Learn how to uninstall fingerd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: fingerd
Source: bsd-finger
Version: 0.17-17
Installed-Size: 41
Maintainer: Josue Ortega
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Depends: update-inetd, netbase, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Suggests: finger
Description: remote user information server
Description-md5: 252aeb1f06e592ea0a2e97dcb289d598
Homepage: http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
Tag: interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::finger, role::program,
use::searching, works-with::people
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bsd-finger/fingerd_0.17-17_amd64.deb
Size: 14104
MD5sum: e5d2395a3b41d75bd1296d83cbb3e578
SHA256: 7b97987049127576d2a1ef6b9055a280050a502f9221bdcb0a3fde3cbefd81e5