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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "mingetty" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mingetty on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mingetty on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: mingetty
Version: 1.08-4
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: Console-only getty
Description-md5: 0ab16e61804b3e3dd3d05fa683c9ef0b
Tag: admin::login, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::login
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mingetty/mingetty_1.08-4_amd64.deb
Size: 11420
MD5sum: ddd36d19bc9f6952984b0e38abe3319f
SHA256: 33ff1453d7efdaa1be4b46ec90d5b89257245d9e68c6e42c449bc696e6bd2615