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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "openssl" package

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


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

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


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

Package: openssl
Version: 1.1.1n-0+deb11u3
Installed-Size: 1466
Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1)
Suggests: ca-certificates
Description: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
Description-md5: 9b6de2bb6e1d9016aeb0f00bcf6617bd
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.openssl.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, protocol::ssl, role::program,
scope::utility, security::cryptography, security::integrity,
use::checking
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openssl/openssl_1.1.1n-0+deb11u3_amd64.deb
Size: 852984
MD5sum: 57281327681f58032642d83a900f3cdc
SHA256: 3691cf432febeb8dd621c6a36e3cc66b45fc119016532ffb33c742861aec868b