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

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mingetty" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mingetty on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mingetty on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: mingetty
Version: 1.08-4
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: Console-only getty
Description-md5: 0ab16e61804b3e3dd3d05fa683c9ef0b
Tag: admin::login, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::login
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mingetty/mingetty_1.08-4_amd64.deb
Size: 11420
MD5sum: ddd36d19bc9f6952984b0e38abe3319f
SHA256: 33ff1453d7efdaa1be4b46ec90d5b89257245d9e68c6e42c449bc696e6bd2615