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

Last updated: March 13,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "knockd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install knockd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall knockd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: knockd
Source: knockd (0.8-2)
Version: 0.8-2+b4
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: Leo Antunes
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), logrotate, lsb-base (>= 11.0.0)
Description: small port-knock daemon
Description-md5: 299f4f026135628095f21e7271283e1f
Homepage: http://www.zeroflux.org/projects/knock
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::server,
protocol::ethernet, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/knockd/knockd_0.8-2+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 29944
MD5sum: 263aa089a4475d47f29abea0a9dbcc8c
SHA256: 67ec8a9375d092724c5f9844c64398e7d51f609a4e0dd330cc49ecd73283f1d3