How to Install and Uninstall balloon Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "balloon" package

This guide let you learn how to install balloon on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall balloon on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                balloon
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the balloon package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: balloon
Version: 1.1.1-2~bpo11+1
Installed-Size: 1705
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Description-en: Password hashing with Balloon in pure Go (program)
This is a pure Go implementation of Balloon password hashing.
See https://crypto.stanford.edu/balloon/ for a description of
balloon hashing.
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This package provides a CLI tool.
Description-md5: a209db676265c0f51220ceece06b044a
Homepage: http://www.git.cypherpunks.ru/?p=balloon.git;a=summary
Built-Using: golang-1.15 (= 1.15.9-6)
Section: golang
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/balloon/balloon_1.1.1-2~bpo11+1_amd64.deb
Size: 579428
SHA256: b73f22636f8b4a5fec834f2383d2a0abdfa8dc1cce6d7d5bffea81e863d10159