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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ngetty" package

This is a short guide on how to install ngetty on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ngetty 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 ngetty package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ngetty
Source: ngetty (1.1-10)
Version: 1.1-10+b2
Installed-Size: 85
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base
Description: getty replacement - one single daemon for all consoles
Description-md5: c73b9c1b215bd1b69736b2c33f81cf08
Built-Using: dietlibc (= 0.34~cvs20160606-14)
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ngetty/ngetty_1.1-10+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 24844
MD5sum: 7db82c38b748ccfba9c3f4bf5dbf4bab
SHA256: bf694e11aaa639b06483b6b2018977d737dff7f2bed0eb6a49bc02e80d58b601