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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "passwd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install passwd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall passwd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: passwd
Source: shadow (1:4.13+dfsg1-1)
Version: 1:4.13+dfsg1-1+b1
Installed-Size: 2832
Maintainer: Shadow package maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.36), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsemanage2 (>= 2.0.32), libpam-modules
Recommends: sensible-utils
Description: change and administer password and group data
Description-md5: 5bbd70e421ed3367a8299e53bd7afed4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Tag: admin::user-management, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, security::authentication
Section: admin
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.13+dfsg1-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 972452
MD5sum: 9059c3d83577115d853363009bbcd39c
SHA256: 343b60a755ceb2c3687f9a5c9c9dc00eea0e44a7de49a537c36df17894f784b3