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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "ntpdate" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install ntpdate on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install ntpdate

2. Uninstall "ntpdate" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ntpdate on Debian 11 (Bullseye):

$ sudo apt remove ntpdate $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the ntpdate package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: ntpdate
Source: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 239
Maintainer: Debian NTP Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.17), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Description: client for setting system time from NTP servers (deprecated)
Description-md5: 130a5677fa1358ddd81dff4fc2738d51
Homepage: http://support.ntp.org/
Tag: admin::configuring, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::TODO, protocol::ip, protocol::udp, role::program,
use::timekeeping
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ntp/ntpdate_4.2.8p15+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 156336
MD5sum: f6b2ca0b0cde55a43fce5949c8d5cb44
SHA256: c576eec98ded34cb6eb981506f3437f402262cb3a7935ad9e0c84085390946d3