How to Install and Uninstall dropbear Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "dropbear" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dropbear on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dropbear on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dropbear
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dropbear package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: dropbear
Architecture: all
Version: 2022.83-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guilhem Moulin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 50
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: dropbear-bin (>= 2022.83-2), sysvinit-utils (>= 3.05-4~) | lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Suggests: dropbear-initramfs, runit
Breaks: dropbear-run (<< 2019.78-1~)
Replaces: dropbear-run (<< 2019.78-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dropbear/dropbear_2022.83-2_all.deb
Size: 9892
MD5sum: 3642eb593270c4473f10a504bbc510f7
SHA1: 16f4bdfb647463a0625c4f3b47e84724870791ae
SHA256: 87bd26f72587ab7c5c185f25332270658fc7a722a1f5d84fbf46a6e72c3cddc6
SHA512: 14d0c03edd48a8406b40189199addd755049c435271745e0766edc9fc411ceca30a96043ab910a1850049b978b24c6550b21eb435747a6b25b8355ddb27a727a
Homepage: https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
Description: lightweight SSH2 server and client - startup scripts
Description-md5: 6a91040e311efe0718dcff44139d8213