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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "tzdata" package

This is a short guide on how to install tzdata on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

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


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

Package: tzdata
Version: 2021a-1+deb11u5
Installed-Size: 3403
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Provides: tzdata-bullseye
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Description: time zone and daylight-saving time data
Description-md5: a77a3cc9a67658dd7cfdc6547391b8f8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
Tag: role::app-data, use::timekeeping
Section: localization
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/t/tzdata/tzdata_2021a-1+deb11u5_all.deb
Size: 284052
SHA256: f0ed117de9f5af1e6a1dab8ab4d9ae3505beb391ef4f4204b0324a81aa705e35

Package: tzdata
Version: 2021a-1+deb11u4
Installed-Size: 3409
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: all
Provides: tzdata-bullseye
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Description: time zone and daylight-saving time data
Description-md5: a77a3cc9a67658dd7cfdc6547391b8f8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
Tag: role::app-data, use::timekeeping
Section: localization
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/t/tzdata/tzdata_2021a-1+deb11u4_all.deb
Size: 284760
MD5sum: 744452227edb404acf55241856bc7e90
SHA256: fbd924ad16be1933ee07f505e2fe5a98df8c143eacecbd6f830ce4e25d93ca11