How to Install and Uninstall user-setup Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 26,2025

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "user-setup" package

Learn how to install user-setup on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                user-setup
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "user-setup" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall user-setup on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: user-setup
Version: 1.95
Installed-Size: 417
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: all
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, passwd, adduser
Description: Set up initial user and password
Description-md5: 4dec3dcb61a40a867c061e2bd022837e
Tag: admin::user-management, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
interface::graphical, interface::text-mode, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/user-setup/user-setup_1.95_all.deb
Size: 106444
MD5sum: 0665c0f647c9096da39b5bbc52b1aed3
SHA256: 3aa0f0d963b8b4e7fff562309cc486e9ecb496b1d3611298623b25dd73fe6e6c