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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "vsftpd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install vsftpd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall vsftpd 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 vsftpd package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: vsftpd
Source: vsftpd (3.0.3-13)
Version: 3.0.3-13+b2
Installed-Size: 343
Maintainer: Keng-Yu Lin
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: ftp-server
Provides: ftp-server
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), adduser, libpam-modules, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), netbase, procps, sysvinit-utils (>= 2.96)
Recommends: logrotate, ssl-cert
Conflicts: ftp-server
Description: lightweight, efficient FTP server written for security
Description-md5: 81386f72ac91a5ea48f8db0b023f3f9b
Homepage: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/
Tag: admin::file-distribution, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon,
network::server, protocol::ftp, protocol::ssl, role::program,
works-with::file
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vsftpd/vsftpd_3.0.3-13+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 142200
MD5sum: f2de2bdc1b76c8074a3cc5020b20434e
SHA256: 41c2acd8170541a79eb764093fa3ec7b203d619053fb539dba2101115c4ace30