How to Install and Uninstall nss-updatedb Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

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1. Install "nss-updatedb" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install nss-updatedb on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nss-updatedb
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nss-updatedb" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall nss-updatedb 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 nss-updatedb package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nss-updatedb
Source: nss-updatedb (10-6)
Version: 10-6+b1
Installed-Size: 42
Maintainer: Fabio Augusto De Muzio Tobich
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3
Recommends: libnss-db
Description: Cache name service directories in DB format
Description-md5: c042eb717d722ef4c1102e711066cc9a
Homepage: https://github.com/PADL/nss_updatedb
Tag: interface::daemon, network::server, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nss-updatedb/nss-updatedb_10-6+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 13912
MD5sum: 0a2dccc40c0c354d51b6cd9a8301ab73
SHA256: cd2177317d1d962a370c2b9d6d2d08aaf9244bd790e2588facbacd0302131b73