How to Install and Uninstall libnss-gw-name Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libnss-gw-name" package

Please follow the steps below to install libnss-gw-name on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libnss-gw-name" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libnss-gw-name 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 libnss-gw-name package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libnss-gw-name
Version: 0.3-5
Installed-Size: 31
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7)
Description: nss module that names the current gateway’s IP address
Description-md5: a0b2013fceb986fc066cd86d7b81296c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.joachim-breitner.de/projects#libnss-gw-name
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libn/libnss-gw-name/libnss-gw-name_0.3-5_amd64.deb
Size: 5720
MD5sum: 7623f59e418be7b29705c3f441b8e983
SHA256: 568b003c747e8f936b39046d7da66cc9e3cb57a07bc203f9cbb29b0a14ef1854