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

Last updated: February 17,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "kstart" package

Please follow the steps below to install kstart on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall kstart on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: kstart
Version: 4.3-1
Installed-Size: 145
Maintainer: Russ Allbery
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.26), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.10+dfsg~alpha1)
Description: Kerberos kinit supporting AFS and ticket refreshing
Description-md5: b0e0a4c811a8298797976c50aad2caba
Homepage: https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/kstart/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::kerberos, role::program, security::authentication, use::login
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kstart/kstart_4.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 63044
MD5sum: e5dac0faf181e27f7426dfb30f61353b
SHA256: 22528b1054f30dd6532d04422bd6a4fed769cdb54f900ab10dfb0445aa03ddf5