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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sshpass" package

Please follow the instructions below to install sshpass on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sshpass 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 sshpass package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sshpass
Source: sshpass (1.09-1)
Version: 1.09-1+b1
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Shachar Shemesh
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: ssh-client
Description: Non-interactive ssh password authentication
Description-md5: be212cb773a2c46e35ad51471f2c8d57
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sshpass
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, protocol::ssh, role::program,
scope::utility, security::authentication, use::login
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sshpass/sshpass_1.09-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 12988
MD5sum: 32ed6666e5cc1f9820ecd81b846d2c1c
SHA256: d2256f010fa2f8dca765c44ea7a77c675f718619c88bd511f4a542ca718d783f