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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rancid" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rancid on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "rancid" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall rancid 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 rancid package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rancid
Source: rancid (3.13-2)
Version: 3.13-2+b1
Installed-Size: 1980
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: rancid-core (<< 2.3.2-1), rancid-util (<< 2.3.2-1)
Provides: rancid-core, rancid-util
Depends: adduser, cvs | subversion | git, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, expect, iputils-ping | ping, libperl4-corelibs-perl, openssh-client | ssh, passwd, perl, perl:any, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: diffstat
Breaks: rancid-core (<< 2.3.2-1), rancid-util (<< 2.3.2-1)
Description: Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ
Description-md5: c3d1e662df232fbb8fd7d78a39f154c4
Homepage: https://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/
Tag: admin::backup, implemented-in::perl, network::configuration,
protocol::ip, protocol::ssh, protocol::telnet, role::program,
use::comparing, use::configuring, works-with::vcs
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rancid/rancid_3.13-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 234808
MD5sum: f3209f7d2a5a8df3fd84b27949625b50
SHA256: fa81fadb80554067a084637bd6d05b5af8956248f4dde7fa3c82e30a9e24c193