How to Install and Uninstall dropbear-initramfs Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the dropbear-initramfs on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "dropbear-initramfs" package

This is a short guide on how to install dropbear-initramfs on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dropbear-initramfs" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dropbear-initramfs on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dropbear-initramfs package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: dropbear-initramfs
Architecture: all
Version: 2020.81-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: dropbear
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guilhem Moulin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 58
Depends: busybox | busybox-static, dropbear-bin (>= 2020.81-5), initramfs-tools (>= 0.94), udev
Recommends: cryptsetup-initramfs
Breaks: dropbear (<< 2015.68-1)
Replaces: dropbear (<< 2015.68-1)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dropbear/dropbear-initramfs_2020.81-5_all.deb
Size: 10396
MD5sum: 2161ff3eaca5819b4a5eed87609b1e07
SHA1: 3723e6bb3f7f0a8c0db9590d281ef8438546a915
SHA256: 3ca5a99d9cd51757241f864dd0186d51b7d663798a14cb33170716a5fc558c7f
SHA512: c02d8ed45bed424fecef663aa5f9f7f59549e1a7342d7036be4a56cb34dcb37bb3d38a3a2b96840eae1585ae27a7a4c7ca96a1b6b8ba276bf38725a829dc5241
Homepage: https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
Description: lightweight SSH2 server and client - initramfs integration
Description-md5: 5dd10490aa9e4ec06e1152daf8823742