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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "tcpd" package

This is a short guide on how to install tcpd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall tcpd 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 tcpd package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: tcpd
Source: tcp-wrappers
Version: 7.6.q-32
Installed-Size: 117
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libwrap0 (= 7.6.q-32)
Description: Wietse Venema's TCP wrapper utilities
Description-md5: d52fad3ffb22dc8056c1ddced83af179
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::logging, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::firewall,
protocol::tcp, role::program, security::firewall
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tcp-wrappers/tcpd_7.6.q-32_amd64.deb
Size: 23376
MD5sum: 7921c86cec713bd76e6b225874437606
SHA256: 216092935d642e98fa074e998cb14a8d08a075ff12cfd75604c4898d57023d0d