How to Install and Uninstall libpam-pwquality Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libpam-pwquality 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 "libpam-pwquality" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpam-pwquality on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpam-pwquality" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libpam-pwquality 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 libpam-pwquality package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libpam-pwquality
Source: libpwquality (1.4.5-1)
Version: 1.4.5-1+b1
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpam0g (>= 1.1.1), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0), libpam-runtime
Description: PAM module to check password strength
Description-md5: a0adf9a37eba9a9b210c968269f49c5e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpwquality/libpam-pwquality_1.4.5-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 12900
MD5sum: c505c02a13416c8603ca3b87c44a68dc
SHA256: 1af9459d90da346d40b030cf773c17c4fd7bd3ebe903d2bfaf494e7ec73b875c