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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "ntp" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install ntp on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ntp on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 2118
Maintainer: Debian NTP Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: time-daemon
Provides: time-daemon
Depends: adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), netbase, tzdata, libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libopts25 (>= 1:5.18.16), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Recommends: sntp, perl:any
Suggests: ntp-doc
Conflicts: time-daemon
Description: Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs
Description-md5: 220487bd9eceed70fec6b929cb922fd3
Homepage: http://support.ntp.org/
Tag: admin::benchmarking, admin::configuring, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, interface::daemon, network::server,
network::service, protocol::TODO, role::program, scope::utility,
use::monitor, use::timekeeping
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p15+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 785052
MD5sum: 0feef260e9edfabeb0732e7fcfb00c1a
SHA256: 2a7364633363dd84afe44d78f55cbfd35499066dd17a158fa640d4aebb9891f2