How to Install and Uninstall systemd-timesyncd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "systemd-timesyncd" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                systemd-timesyncd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "systemd-timesyncd" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall systemd-timesyncd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: systemd-timesyncd
Source: systemd
Version: 252.22-1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 147
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: systemd (<< 245.4-2~), time-daemon
Provides: time-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libsystemd-shared (= 252.22-1~deb12u1), systemd
Conflicts: time-daemon
Breaks: systemd (<< 245.4-2~)
Description: minimalistic service to synchronize local time with NTP servers
Description-md5: cc67d85c248836d96a6310e58a659de0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Section: admin
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/systemd-timesyncd_252.22-1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 63080
MD5sum: 2ccdad633f825285836bd9b64d7dd756
SHA256: ad5aee7db29147489f292238962f1aee831fd61e518dbcc8765f592e06f59542