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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pwgen" package

Please follow the steps below to install pwgen on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall pwgen on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: pwgen
Version: 2.08-2
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Theodore Y. Ts'o
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: Automatic Password generation
Description-md5: 859691de567bea29cc54bd9e7c291b67
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/tytso/pwgen
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::authentication, security::privacy
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pwgen/pwgen_2.08-2_amd64.deb
Size: 19604
MD5sum: fa18e9f6960f2121903eb16f95cadfbd
SHA256: e2ede2f6772c8cac68c6a23056f44a31ce3990d6249a1b90dd00c7e7a954d33f