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

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the keychain 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 "keychain" package

Learn how to install keychain on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall keychain on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: keychain
Version: 2.8.5-3
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Architecture: all
Depends: openssh-client | ssh-client
Suggests: gnupg-agent, ssh-askpass
Description: key manager for OpenSSH
Description-md5: aee669baa71e3017fbfdcaf59344fd72
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
Tag: implemented-in::shell, interface::daemon, network::server,
protocol::ssh, role::program, security::cryptography, use::login
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/keychain/keychain_2.8.5-3_all.deb
Size: 38480
MD5sum: 7403c466cfdd8b619a9356c5b6ae2068
SHA256: d50917de6c902d6e582698ec4f27e85e862923e7f8e6770c0ca0823cc16ea003