How to Install and Uninstall libpwquality-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 27,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libpwquality-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install libpwquality-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpwquality-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libpwquality-common 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 libpwquality-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libpwquality-common
Source: libpwquality
Version: 1.4.5-1
Installed-Size: 455
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: libpwquality-tools (<< 1.4.1-2~)
Breaks: libpwquality-tools (<< 1.4.1-2~)
Description: library for password quality checking and generation (data files)
Description-md5: d37cfdd3767d216513b4314f28c1e005
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpwquality/libpwquality-common_1.4.5-1_all.deb
Size: 51348
MD5sum: 0ebae072ff0c26867bfec83333fd71ee
SHA256: a71dd11eba461a52f74e180ca0cbffeedec06dea1eebece005cff136474f5849